VA's Response to Veterans' Increasing Demand for Mental Health ...

In today's WatchBlog post, we look at a series of reports about the increasing demand for VA's mental health services, and how VA is responding to this demand.

Veterans' Growing Demand for Mental Health Services | U.S. GAO

The number of veterans receiving mental health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs increased 90% from FY 2006-2019.

Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services: Need ... - NCBI

Under this initiative, veterans with OTH discharges will be eligible to seek treatment at a VA emergency department, Vet Center, or contact the Veterans Crisis ...

Enhancing access to mental health care for Veterans in crisis

VA offers programs to support Veterans in crisis, such as the Veterans Crisis Line. However, there is a need to assess mental health in the ...

How the VA Fails Veterans on Mental Health - ProPublica

In 2022, mental health was about 13% of the total health care budget. In 2012, it was about 12%. Agency leaders have acknowledged that growing ...

Mental Health - VA Office of Research and Development

VA promotes the idea that having a healthy body, satisfying work, and supportive family and friends are integral to mental health. All Veterans who receive ...

Tester Presses VA to Improve Rural Veterans' Mental Health Care

Urging VA to ensure veterans have access to the necessary mental health care they need no matter where they live, Tester continued: “…[I]n many ...

Supporting the Behavioral Health Needs of Our Nation's Veterans

More telling are the numbers of Veterans who were not engaged in treatment; more than half of Veterans with a mental illness did not receive ...

Protecting Veterans' Access to Mental Health Care | NAMI

The VA also spends $1.8 billion on research each year, including on mental health conditions, like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, and on suicide ...

Timely Access to Mental Health Care - NCBI

Likewise, 34 percent of veterans with a mental health need who use VA services indicated they are very or somewhat dissatisfied with the time between their ...

Improving the Quality of Mental Health Care for Veterans - RAND

In response to the mental health burden faced by veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, VA has continued to increase this capacity.

Veterans' Growing Demand For Mental Health Services - DTIC

VA MENTAL HEALTH CARE. RESPONSE TO COVID-19. Similar to many in the U.S., veterans' mental health issues may have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canceled Appointments, Unexplained Mixups – Veterans Facing ...

Veterans say they often can't get individual therapy appointments to accompany psychiatric medical care, and when they do connect, ...

Lack of access to mental health services contributing to the high ...

The United States has become a country that is constantly at war. This situation has created a crisis amongst our veterans.

The State of Veterans' Mental Health [2024] - Mission Roll Call

41% of veterans are in need of mental health care programs every year. · VA reports have found that veterans are most vulnerable in the first ...

Mental Health and the Pandemic: Veteran Responses - Hill & Ponton

Overall, there are some key differences between veterans and civilians on the topic of mental health. For example, once the pandemic started, ...

Health Subcommittee Hosts Hearing on 988 Veterans Crisis Line ...

VA has an incredibly large mental health and suicide prevention budget and a wide range of programs to provide services and treatment to ...

VETERANS AFFAIRS IN THE 112TH CONGRESS - GovInfo

... increasing demand for mental health care, but here is the problem. There is ... mental health professionals handling the health care needs of our Veterans.

Insufficient Mental Health Treatment and Access to Care for ... - VA OIG

VHA leaders responded within 24 hours when notified of the patient's transfer request and took actions to identify the patient's treatment needs ...

Virtual mental health care in the Veterans Health Administration's ...

Virtual mental health care in the Veterans Health Administration's immediate response to coronavirus disease-19. ; Email. Rosen, Craig S.: [email protected] ...