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National Recovery Month: Veterans Share How Mental Health Care Transformed Their Lives
During National Recovery Month September 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs is highlighting stories from Veterans, in their own words, about the choices they’ve made and how those choices have impacted their mental health journeys. This year’s theme, This...
Suicide Prevention Resource: VA Safety Plan App
For Veterans struggling with thoughts of suicide, having a safety plan is critical for addressing a crisis. VA worked with Veterans and health care providers to create an app to help you easily build your safety plan with a mental health provider and access it...
Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Substance Use Disorders among Service Members
Substance use disorders affect active-duty service members health and ability to perform their duties. While service members use illicit substances at lower rates than the general population, binge drinking rates in the military exceed those among the general...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An Evidence-Based Treatment for Suicide Risk
Clinicians should utilize all helpful strategies at their disposal to help service members at risk for suicide. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one approach to help service members keep themselves safe when they experience suicidal ideation. DBT is recommended...
New Study: The Diverse Experiences of Military and Veteran Families of Color
Earlier this month, Blue Star Families released results and recommendations from its 2021 Understanding the Diverse Experiences of Military Families of Color Survey. The findings from this groundbreaking study offer insights into how to improve experiences for...
VA Asks More States to Join the Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans and their Families
Veterans Affairs (VA) has extended a call to action to every U.S. state and territory to join the Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families. VA and Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental...
Resources Available for Veterans Distressed Over Recent World Events
If you served in the U.S. military, you may be feeling emotional distress related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Department of Veterans Affairs understands this can be a difficult time and is encouraging Veterans to speak to other Vets, talk to a therapist or...
VHA Training Program Helps Prepare the Next Generation of Health Care Administrators
As a child in rural South Carolina, Brandon Martin saw the challenges his family faced getting medical care for a cousin with autism, and the impact helped shape his career interest. “[My family] would have to travel upwards of an hour to get to medical appointments,”...
