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  • Veterans: Your suicide crisis doesn’t have to define your future

    Veterans: Your suicide crisis doesn’t have to define your future

    Be ready before a suicide crisis by learning about resources that are available. You don’t have to face it alone.

  • Misconceptions about PTSD: Part One

    Misconceptions about PTSD: Part One

    In a two-part series, Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport discusses some common myths surrounding PTSD with Dr. Kelly Maieritsch.

  • PTSD Bytes: Safety planning to prevent suicide

    PTSD Bytes: Safety planning to prevent suicide

    In this episode of the PTSD Bytes podcast, we speak with with Dr. Greg Brown, Philadelphia VA clinical psychologist, about how safety planning can prevent suicide.

  • Check in with the Veterans who seem to have it all together

    Check in with the Veterans who seem to have it all together

    No one’s life is perfect. Even if a Veteran you care about seems fine, check in to make sure they’re OK.

  • VA has 24/7 support for suicide prevention and emergent suicide care

    VA has 24/7 support for suicide prevention and emergent suicide care

    Suicide prevention support and people who care are available every day to help you navigate challenges

  • Battle Creek VA hosts mental health summit

    Battle Creek VA hosts mental health summit

    VA Mental Health Summit: “Care for elderly Veterans takes a community of committed people. The more coordinated we are, the better.”

  • Focus on your mental health with VA virtual tools

    Focus on your mental health with VA virtual tools

    Veterans can care for their mental health with VA telehealth, mobile apps, video visits and other virtual tools.

  • Photography helps Veteran with PTSD

    Photography helps Veteran with PTSD

    VA’s Veteran Readiness and Employment program helps a Navy Veteran deal with his PTSD through photography.

  • VA mental health apps can support Veterans with PTSD

    VA mental health apps can support Veterans with PTSD

    Self-guided VA mental health apps are available for free download on app marketplaces.

  • Internal, invisible, intangible: You can’t always see the signs of a crisis

    Internal, invisible, intangible: You can’t always see the signs of a crisis

    Learning the unseen crisis signs and underlying factors that Veterans may experience is key to preventing Veteran suicide.

  • VA grant funding helping prevent Veteran suicides

    VA grant funding helping prevent Veteran suicides

    VA's suicide prevention grant program awarded $52.5 million to 80 organizations that provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for Veterans and their families.

  • VA residential treatment for PTSD recovery

    VA residential treatment for PTSD recovery

    Veterans in mental health residential treatment program for PTSD recovery live at a VA hospital or in the community for from two weeks to a few months.

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Last updated May 14, 2025

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