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  • PTSD: When someone shares a trauma

    PTSD: When someone shares a trauma

    You may not know what to say when someone you care about shares a PTSD trauma story. Learn tips to have a conversation that offers support.

  • VA provides fertility and infertility care

    VA provides fertility and infertility care

    VA is here to support you as you build your family. From infertility and fertility treatment to mental health counseling, we provide resources and support that can address your family planning needs.

  • Eight reasons parents love working at VA

    Eight reasons parents love working at VA

    In honor of National Parents’ Day, here are eight ways VA helps provide work-life balance and provides the support that parents need.

  • Helping Veterans and their families with personalized mental health consultations

    Helping Veterans and their families with personalized mental health consultations

    Involving a Veteran’s close family members and friends in their mental health treatment and recovery can help the Veteran cope with mental illness or emotional challenges. And help them enjoy life.

  • Want to be a Psychiatric Nurse at VHA? Five groups you’ll make an impact on

    Want to be a Psychiatric Nurse at VHA? Five groups you’ll make an impact on

    You entered the field of psychiatric nursing because you wanted [...]

  • The War My Parents Never Wanted

    The War My Parents Never Wanted

    Kate Hoit shares the struggles she and her family went through after she joined the Army Reserves and was deployed to Iraq following 9/11.

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Last updated May 13, 2025

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