{"id":31403,"date":"2012-08-08T17:12:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31403"},"modified":"2012-08-08T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T21:12:47","slug":"troops-stepping-up-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31403","title":{"rendered":"Troops stepping up for mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just A Grunt sent us a link today from CNN<\/a> in regards to the healthcare profession looking to returning troops to step into the mental healthcare field with help in Massachusetts from the State Department of Veterans’ Services; <\/p>\n

Born a year ago with funding from the Department of Veteran Services in Massachusetts, a program through the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology called Train Vets to Treat Vets has recently picked up steam. It has several goals: mentoring new veterans, providing services to at-risk and homeless veterans, and educating the public about ways they can help.<\/p>\n

“As the stigma (of seeking professional mental health treatment) breaks down more and more, and more veterans are willing to come into treatment, (the need) is just going to increase and increase,” said Robert Chester, 25, who served in the National Guard for six years and became a student at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.<\/p>\n

“That’s why we want to get more veterans into mental health, both to break down the stigma and get more clinicians out there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It makes absolute sense, because who knows what the troops have been through in war better than the troops know?<\/p>\n

Since the program’s start, Chester has fielded e-mails every day from veterans who want to get involved. Six will enroll in the school’s fall class.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology President Nick Covino says the idea for the program came from a Latino mental health program the school began about eight years ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I just want to know why the Department of Veterans Affairs isn’t involved in it since they need more mental health clinicians than anyone else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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