Active Heroes non-profit supports Veterans and service members through physical, educational and emotional programs in an effort to end suicide.
As a Veteran, you might experience difficult life events or challenges after leaving the military. We’re here to help no matter how big or small the problem may be. VA offers a variety of mental health resources for Veterans, family members and friends.
Marine Corps Veteran Daniel Dunn used music and art therapy to subdue his anger and pain at the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition & Festival.
Every day, a nationwide team of researchers and innovators work together to help VA providers deliver cutting-edge technology and care to Veterans.
At your next physical, discuss your personal and medical history with your VA doctor. Resources such as My HealtheVet can help you prepare for an exam and communicate securely with your care team.
Army Veteran used VA programs to go from homeless to VA employee, helping other Veterans navigate the medical center. He opened one door and more opened for him. “I wasn’t ready to throw in the towel.”
Richard DeLeon thought that his upbringing in New York had toughened him up, but everything he saw on those streets could not compare with the battlefields of Vietnam.
Emory Healthcare Veterans Program offers no cost treatment, travel, and meals for Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program treating PTSD.
Want to make a different? Apply for one of 40 open positions as a Health Science Specialist at the Veteran Crisis Line for responder.
Russell Fields patrolled the gritty, dangerous streets of Al-Fallujah, Iraq.
An Eagle Scout, college graduate, and airborne-qualified Soldier, Fields led soldiers as a noncommissioned officer in the 10th Mountain Division. His unit fought street-to-street, door-to-door, in urban conflict. He lost Soldiers, placing them in body bags. Reality changed for Fields when he left the battlefield and the military to return home to Texas and start a new life. Fields faced a new form of combat. Flashbacks, images of combat, and the faces of those killed came rushing back. Everyday events like shopping, loud noises and crowds of people left him unprepared.
Talk with VA recruiters about healthcare careers in pain management for Veterans at PAINWeek 2019, the national conference for frontline practitioners.
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