June is PTSD Awareness Month
June 06, 2022
June is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) awareness month. It’s an opportunity to focus energy on our service members who continue to suffer when they return home from deployment overseas.
PTSD is a complex mental health problem facing not only our military personnel, but many in our community coping and adjusting to COVID-19 trauma and recovery.
To raise awareness, the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is encouraging the community to participate in their PTSD Awareness Virtual Walk between June 1st and June 30th. The Legal Help For Veterans team will be joining this virtual walk in an effort to spread awareness.
Simply register online and complete 30 minutes of exercise any time during the month of June, that’s all!
For more information about post-traumatic stress disorder, visit: ptsd.va.gov
Resources for Veterans with PTSD
- VA Veterans Crisis Line
- Phone: (800) 273-8255 and Press 1
- National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- The National Center for PTSD aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of U.S. Veterans through research, education, and training on PTSD and stress-related disorders.
- Phone: (800) 927-8387
- Visit www.ptsd.va.gov for more information
- VA Vets Center Program
- VA Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide a wide range of social and psychological services, including professional readjustment counseling to eligible Veterans, active duty service members, including National Guard and Reserve components, and their families.
- Visit www.vetcenter.va.gov for more information
- PTSD Foundation of America
- A nonprofit organization dedicated to mentoring combat Veterans and their families with post-traumatic stress.
- Phone: (877) 717-7873
- Visit www.ptsdusa.org for more information
- Home Base Program – Clinical Intensive Care Program
- Home Base has the country’s first two-week Intensive Clinical Program (ICP) to treat Veterans and Families who are struggling with the invisible wounds of war, including post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury (TBI), military sexual trauma, depression, anxiety, and co-occurring substance abuse disorders. The organization serves Veterans and Families from across the country. The Intensive Clinical Program offers a holistic and innovative approach to clinical care.
- Phone: (617) 724-5202
- Visit www.homebase.org for more information
- Operation Mend – Intensive Treatment Program
- The Intensive Treatment Program serves active-duty service members, veterans, and their families impacted by service-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Visit www.uclahealth.org/operationmend for more information
- USA Cares: Combat Injured Program
- Provides financial support for Veterans undergoing extended treatment for PTSD.
- Phone: (800) 773-0387