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Veteran Well-Being & caregiver well being

Below are the best resources we could find on Veteran Well-Being and caregiver well being.

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Treating Mental Health in the Veteran Community - Ask the Experts, presented by SimplePractice

November 11th is Veterans Day, and with more than 20% of veterans returning home with major depression or PTSD, we need to focus on providing care to this underserved community.

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Digging for Victory: Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

Horticultural Therapy is ideally suited to engage veterans alienated from traditional civilian healthcare routes who present with a range of complex and challenging healthcare needs. It presents, on the surface, as a deceptively simple and accessible activity.

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How the Pandemic Demonstrates Veterans’ Resiliency

Veterans’ military service can leave them with unique challenges that are unsurprisingly exacerbated by the stress of the pandemic, but many also gain unique strengths that others can learn from right now, says Tess Banko, a Marine Corps veteran and executive director of the UCLA/VA Veteran...

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UCLA Connections - How to Support Veterans During the Pandemic

How can we better serve those who have served? Have disorders like PTSD, traumatic brain injury and others made this time especially difficult for veterans? What strengths and experiences gained in military service have made veterans uniquely resilient? How might veterans be role models for the...

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Posttraumatic Growth Proves You Can Be Stronger After Trauma

As a society, we think about mental health in binary terms. Either someone is OK or they are not.

Ken Falke, Josh Goldberg

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Former Therapist: VA Is Hurting Mental Health Care for Combat Veterans at Its Vet Centers

A former VA therapist says productivity pressure on counselors who treat veterans for mental health issues like PTSD is hurting the quality of care.

Courtney Kube and Rich Gardella

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Brian and Natalie Vines: Strategies for Self-Care for Caregivers

Retired veteran Brian Vines is the fulltime caregiver for his Army veteran wife, Natalie Vines, who has TBI and PTSD. He knows that to be a good caregiver, he has to take time for himself whether that means a short break in the day or a meaningful reboot through retreats with other caregivers.

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Embodied Self-Care for the Military and Veteran Caregiver

Yoga for caregivers is a potent self-care, embodied practice that caregivers can use to adjust to the physical and invisible wounds of war.

Pamela Stokes Eggleston

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3 Types of Support from the VA Caregiver Support Program

If you are a family member caring for an elderly veteran, then the VA Caregiver Support Program has something that you need to know about! These services, under the Program for General Caregiver Support, offered by the VA, can help you grow your caregiver abilities, gain confidence and get the...

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