Mental Health

Since launch, Veterans Crisis Line staff have fielded nearly one-million contacts. This includes over 750,000 calls, an increase of 12.5% from the same timeframe from the previous year and with an average speed to answer of 9.37 seconds.

VA is dedicated to empowering anyone in acute crisis to reach out for help. Encourage Veterans you know to screen themselves for PTSD.

VA has a variety of resources to meet your mental health needs at any point, before or during a crisis.

Reducing feelings of loneliness and social isolation may reduce the likelihood of dying by suicide.

Eighth VA Secretary Bob McDonald shares his views on how to improve the social isolation experienced by our Veterans.

VA’s largest research program is making discoveries, such as how genes affect mental health, that may lead to improved health care for Veterans.

When you’re in crisis, suicide may seem like the only option. It’s not.

The nonprofit group Volunteers of America (VOA) recognizes the challenges Veterans often face in confronting moral injury, which is essentially a conflict with one’s personal code of morality.

Veteran Army Captain John Kirby IV used the PTSD Coach app to cope, and helps other Veterans do the same.

In this episode of the PTSD Bytes podcast, host Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport discusses PTSD and avoidance with Dr. Sadie Larsen.

On February 16, VA announced the 10 winners of Mission Daybreak, a $20 million grand challenge to reduce Veteran suicides.

Dr. Pearl McGee-Vincent and Dr. Jessica Hamblen discuss AboutFace, a website where Veterans talk about their experiences with PTSD.