Veterans face unique difficulties when returning home and transitioning back to civilian life, and our psychiatrists expertly tailor treatment plans that empower Veterans to take charge of their wellbeing and pursue fuller lives.
This approach allows our Veterans the opportunity to take an active role in their mental health care. We want our Veterans to be part of their own treatment team, working with their psychiatrists to set recovery goals, develop treatment plans, establish benchmarks and monitor progress.
Working at VA will provide you with the ability to practice anywhere within our nationwide system of over 1,300 facilities with one active license—a unique benefit you won’t find anywhere else. VA also offers a low doctor/patient ratio that ensures Veterans get the best of their mental health provider with each visit.
“Working for VA means you’ll be treating our nation’s heroes,” said Samuel Wright, a national health care recruitment consultant at VA. “You’ll be caring for those who have served our nation in wartime and peacetime. What greater satisfaction can you get?”
Work at VA
Mental health care is an important factor in achieving whole health, and our psychiatrists work to help Veterans meet those milestones every day. Learn how you can join a team dedicated to serving those who have served and get the most from your job at VA Careers.
Topics in this story
More Stories
Whether it’s access to the great outdoors or a calmer pace in your everyday life, you can find it in rural VA communities around the country.
If you’re looking for an opportunity to provide care to Veterans outside a traditional clinical setting, Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) is a great option.
A key part of your job search is finding the right fit for you and your skills, and workplace culture can impact that dramatically.
If you are looking for drugs that your place, but I wanted to have a conversation with a mental health counselor or doctor but they refuse because they have more than 5 to 10 minute for each individual. I do not want to discuss my issues, fears, nightmares, the ability to hurt other around me, or myself. I am lucky to have medical personnel that are related to me that are there for me however there others that do not have this opportunity like I do. My follow Vets if your are or near to California there are local or state affiliated that can help you. The VA need a good shake down to correct this issue across the nation.
My VA mental health care has been so inconsistent. I’m on my 3rd Doc. Been PTSD/Anxiety/Panic Attacks 35 years. The VA is titrating the only med that works down. It’s already a low low dose. Honestly, I’m scared. I just feel like the computer triage questions the DOC asks are irrelevant and they should stop looking at the screen and look, examine, diagnose and treatment plan. The computer is not more important than any Veteran.
I’ve suffered terribly since the Vietnam War. I’m lucky my local VA is very good, but their scheduling and phone bank is much lacking. My entire life has been lived in fear and hiding and when I left the military, the VA treated me like I wanted a handout when in fact all I wanted was a hand up. Even today when I try to increase my service-connected disability, and yes, it has been debilitating all my life with job, family and just trying to live, they have pulled and tugged me around like I’m a second-class citizen. Now in my 70’s I just want to live with the sun shining on me for once. Getting to see a psychiatrist they schedule me 30 miles away in some of the heaviest traffic in the Southeast for early morning when they have two closer Clinics. I had to go over to telehealth and even that had to be scheduled two months later. Your message here I’m sure is well meaning but not reality.
The VA itself needs mental help. You wait a full year after filing a claim before even talking to someone. Then wait forever to see where claim goes. So many loops to jump through to get help. Why are some areas in a state or a state much better than others taking care of veterans?
Mine sure as sh-t didn’t. I’m never going back.
It’s great when you have an appointment with your psychiatrist and they cancel your appointment the day of. Nice!
Maybe is some states not all. Some we get abandoned with our care.
My depression for the last 40 years ruined my chance at a normal life. Tried to get help right out of the military for it and several other things. I was told “your not missing an arm or leg and your not in a wheelchair your trying to get a hand out” so for 47 years i dealt with that being a single dad and growing serious health issues until ladt Sug when i was urged to file for the pact act. In the end after a year of fighting fraudule t PT exams it finally worked. During that time i dealt with one VA Psychiatrist that ill never trust a other VA Psychiatrist ecause of. I did talk to a counslor on the phone I would like to be able to talk to. I really need to find someone. My personal counslor left practice.
Need to work on continuing care and communication to veterans in need
Why does the VA insist on posting false stories. Vets are constantly having problems with inconsistent care from mental health providers. Along with pushing vets towards suicide.
https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-09-12/gainesville-va-medical-center-baker-act-veteran