Group therapy is conducted with mutual support of one’s peers. Veterans strapped on harnesses and climbing shoes at the Red Rock Climbing Center to face obstacles and reach new heights.
VA will host a virtual career booth at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 1-3 for those interested in a VA psychiatry career.
In 2018, over 5 million American women aged 18 and up had an alcohol use disorder. Among women Veterans who received VA care, 24% had engaged in binge drinking. VA has many options to help them.
MakeTheConnection.net is an online resource designed to connect Veterans, their family members, friends and other supporters with information, resources and solutions to issues affecting their lives.
The Seeing Lens, a photography program at Lebanon VAMC, teaches mindfulness to Veterans in recovery. Each week focuses on a different aspect of recovery and ties it to a photographic technique.
When William Ford arrived at Shreveport VA Medical Center in October 2018, he was homeless and ill. Everything he owned could be packed into two bags. Today, thanks to VA, he’s healthy and hopeful.
Drugs, homeless, suicide attempts. Army Veteran’s remarkable story of recovery: “The cost of starting over is too damn high. I focus on the future as best I can and keep my side of the street clean.”
Talk with VA recruiters about healthcare careers in pain management for Veterans at PAINWeek 2019, the national conference for frontline practitioners.
Explore a Veterans Affairs career in mental health at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Aug. 8-11, in Chicago.
Veterans at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System learn new ways of coping with anxiety and stress through observing and interacting with horses in Equine Assisted Learning Workshops.
Writing and performing poetry helped Omar Columbus cope with PTSD. Then he picked up a camera. He sold one of his beautiful collages, is now doing fashion shoots, and has not forgotten his fellow Veterans.
A program called TRAC at Cincinnati VA helps Veterans cope with mental illness by encouraging living life to the fullest, focusing on inner strength.
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