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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

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In the line of duty, they can experience events that have a lasting impact on their behavioral and mental health. Unfortunately, once they’ve left the service, they do not always receive the care they need or deserve. Behavioral and mental health challenges for veterans Veterans are at high risk for mental health issues.

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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

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Just as individual practices like self-care can ground you through hardship, building organizational resilience can help your clinicians and staff weather hard times. Resilience is particularly helpful when working with behavioral health clients because it mitigates the impacts of trauma and prevents burnout.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

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Individuals affected by collective trauma may also exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or other mental health disorders. The trauma can manifest in somatic complaints, exacerbating physical health conditions. For an example of how this plays out, we can reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Suicide Prevention: How to Help When Social Determinants Spiral

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September is National Suicide Prevention Month, when mental health advocates, prevention organizations, survivors, allies, and community members unite to promote suicide prevention awareness. Relias is one such ally. The rate of suicide in the U.S. has risen by 30% over the past 20 years.

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You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

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While racial trauma is like PTSD, it is different because of perpetual exposure to race-based stress by individuals and communities. Such invalidation is harmful to the traumatized individual. This type of therapy promotes an understanding of a client’s experiences as a requirement for the delivery of proper care.