The #VABrainTrust: Pathways to Innovation summit bring together leaders in brain research and promote collaboration between private industries, national/professional sports organizations, the federal government, innovators, scientists, athletes, clinicians, caregivers and Veterans.
VA's annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign helps to raise public awareness of military sexual trauma, and educate individuals and communities on MST.
As an OEF/OIF Marine Corps Veteran, Brian Barber wanted to do more for Veterans dealing with PTSD. After discussing the idea with a couple of his Veteran buddies, he started Barber’s Anglers Anonymous Ventura Coast, a nonprofit group on Arroyo Grande in California. The group's focus is on helping disabled Veterans and Veterans who are coping with PTSD.
Project Healing Waters provides classes on fly fishing, casting, tying and rod building to any disabled Veteran who wants to participate and is unique in that its volunteers are teaching classes on an on-going, long-term basis.
“I witnessed again today that the employees at the Veterans Crisis Line have a tremendously difficult job and they complete it with care, compassion and professionalism,” Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said.
This weekend, VA will host simultaneous “hackathons” with a goal of developing […]
The goal is to make the Veterans Crisis Line nothing short of a world class crisis response center.
"The VA has been the leader in understanding post traumatic stress disorder within the United States, but we’re also recognized worldwide as being able to offer information to the world on what kinds of treatments are effective and available and how these treatments can speak to disaster relief."
As a national leader in suicide prevention, VA understands that […]
VA partnered with Team Red White & Blue for an #ExploreVA Facebook chat to spread the word about the services that VA Vet Centers provide.
On February 2, VA is hosting national summit on Veteran suicide prevention. Why a national summit? Because Veteran suicide impacts all Americans and needs to be addressed in a coordinated effort with government and community stakeholders.
Veterans with the support of a peer specialist have an increased involvement in their care.