{"id":85054,"date":"2019-02-16T11:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85054"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:32:28","slug":"mobile-ptsd-winnebago-to-help-local-combat-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85054","title":{"rendered":"Mobile PTSD Winnebago – to help local combat veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With more than 30,000 nonprofit veteran organizations in this country, the Department of Veterans Affairs thinks it’s a good idea to spend a bunch of money treating those veterans who caught the PTSD in a converted roadside Winnebago.<\/p>\n

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Combat veterans have seen and experienced things that civilians can\u2019t even imagine. It takes a certain type of person to fight for their country, and it takes a certain type of professional to heal their minds when they come back home.<\/p>\n

Summit County is endeavoring to bridge the gap between combat vets and counselors with a \u201cmobile vet center,\u201d which will station itself in Frisco once a month beginning in March.<\/p>\n

Mobile vet centers were created as a way to bring the specialized counseling services that vets need to remote parts of the state like Summit, where such veteran services are not usually available. The centers provide a range of social and psychological services. That includes professional readjustment counseling, which helps veterans who have experienced trauma while serving make a successful transition to civilian life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The population of Summit County, CO is less than 30,000.\u00a0 Around 7% of the US population are\u00a0veterans<\/a>.\u00a0 Its nearly impossible to say, but somewhere around 10% of veterans actually seen combat of some kind.\u00a0 Of those, I will make a stab in the dark based on my experience, 75% served prior to 2000.<\/p>\n

In Summit County Colorado there are around 50 actual combat veterans.\u00a0 Again its impossible to come up with an accurate number but lets go high and say half of those have caught the PTSD.\u00a0 \u00a0Now lets assume that half of that number can not find a ride to the VA. (\/sarc)<\/p>\n

I am at the front of the line singing the praises of the current administration in regards to their improvements of the Veterans Administration.\u00a0 If a county like Summit, CO is being given enough money to convert, staff and deploy an Urban\u00a0Assualt Vehicle to wage war on PTSD so a half a dozen veterans can successfully transition to civilian life … the fruit we are getting from the tree is beginning to rot.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t have local counseling services specifically for veterans, and if they need those kind of services they usually need to go down to Denver or Grand Junction,\u201d said Janet Wolfson, economic security programs manager for Summit County\u2019s Human Services department. \u201cThe mobile vet center brings the counseling services to the veterans who need them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wolfson said that the mobile center may also encourage combat veterans to seek services if they have been reluctant in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cVeterans don\u2019t always reach out for these kinds of services because they don\u2019t always feel typical counselors will understand their needs based on their unique experiences,\u201d Wolfson said. \u201cHaving the ability to connect veterans with counselors who understand their combat or military experience is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mobile vet center comes in the form of a modified Winnebago with several rooms inside. It serves as an office where veterans can be screened, treated or referred to a specialist for a variety of conditions, including PTSD, depression, substance use disorders, sleep disorders and traumatic brain injuries. Once screened, veterans can be connected to specialized counselors with a secure video tele-health service.<\/p>\n

\u201cTele-health can be much easier, as it allows veterans to express what is going on while maintaining their personal space,\u201d said Duane Daily, veterans service officer for Grand and Summit counties. \u201cIt\u2019s very successful and lets veterans open up in a safe, comfortable atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Maybe its just me, but the chances of me “opening up” to a counselor about my PTSD at some remote rest stop in the Rockies is directly proportional to the number of bears that refuse to shit in the woods.<\/p>\n

Source: Mobile veteran\u2019s counseling center to stop in Frisco to help local combat veterans | SummitDaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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