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Virtual visits through the VA Video Connect app and VA apps can help Veterans manage their PTSD, depression and other mental health issues.

VA offers telemental health services through VA and community providers and other programs to support Veterans’ mental health.

William Vaughn’s Huey helicopter was sprayed with a herbicide that packed a lifelong punch. Today, he uses telehealth on a regular basis to meet with his VA psychologist to discuss his chronic pain.

The VA Office of Rural Health raises awareness and education for its mental health and suicide prevention programs for rural Veterans.

During Mental Health Month, we celebrate the many groundbreaking research and discoveries conducted by VA’s mental health professionals.

In the past year, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile have partnered with VA to break down barriers to providing mental health services to Veterans. Now, Sprint has released the first video to highlight VA’s TeleMental Health services. Dr. Teri Carper, a VA provider who took part in the production, reflects on the ways the TeleMental Health program has changed over the years. She also discusses how new technologies such as VA Video Connect are enabling more Veterans to take advantage of telehealth care.

Veterans at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas can now receive mental health care remotely using the VA Video Connect app – a system known as “telemental health.”

Reaching out for help can be difficult. Reaching out for help with mental health concerns, especially as a Veteran, can be downright painful. The military cultural standards of ‘never surrender’ and self-reliant ‘can do’ attitude, so integral on the battlefield, are ingrained in every Veteran. The Department of Veteran Affairs understands the difficulty many Veterans have asking for assistance and have committed to Be There for Veterans in their time of need with same day access to mental health services.

Providing same-day 24/7 access to mental health crisis intervention and support for Veterans, service members and their families is VA's top clinical priority

All 16 tasks outlined in the Joint Action Plan are on target for full implementation by their projected completion dates.

Disabled American Veterans and VHA’s Office of Connected Care will host a Facebook Live event featuring VA Telehealth Services at 11 a.m. ET Thursday, May 10.

Suicide prevention is VA’s top clinical priority.