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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

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To help you and your staff provide better behavioral and mental health services to veterans, we’ll review some of the most prevalent mental health challenges veterans face and the first steps your organization can take to helping this population. For instance: Women are about three times more likely to develop PTSD than men.

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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

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Though the COVID-19 pandemic is waning, the changes it brought to healthcare persist. The effects of the mental health crisis can be seen in the following statistics: Master’s level licensed social workers are twice as likely to have PTSD as the general population. Support team building. Support autonomy. Offer concrete support.

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How to Create a Disaster Behavioral Health Plan

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Whether they are natural or man-made disasters, human services professionals must prepare accordingly. These can include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more. Those experiencing PTSD following a disaster will exhibit different symptoms. The link between trauma and healthcare needs.

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Whole Person Care: What It Means, How To Use It, and Why It’s Important

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The dimensions of whole person care Though whole person care advocates for a more holistic approach to healthcare, quickly determining the health of a client’s entire life in one appointment can be daunting. The dimensions of whole person care are: Physical — This is what we would consider traditional healthcare, i.e., the body.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

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Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons. What is birth trauma?

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