Today is Veteran’s Day, and we’d like to take a moment to honor those men and women who have chosen to serve our country in military service. With an all-voluntary armed forces, our country is at the mercy of individuals who, for little reason other than a desire to serve their country, willingly risk their lives and put their entire ordinary lives on hold (especially those in the National Guard and reservists). For you and I.
We should do all that we can to ensure these folks come back to a country who welcomes them home, is thankful for their service, and provides them with all the necessary health and mental health care humanly possible. That’s our duty, as ordinary citizens, to recognize the sacrifice these men and women have made.
I’d also like to take a moment to recognize a number of organizations that were present this year at the 26th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy this year, who offer help and mental health services to returning veterans.
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I wanted to add another great resource for our returning service men and women. It is a nonprofit organization focused on providing free and confidential mental health services for soldiers and their families. Many of their counselors are combat veterans themselves and any civilians go through extensive training to better understand the military client. In a recent interview with the organization’s founder, she claims “all treatment is free for as long as it takes and is completely confidential. Most people can get appointments within a day or two.” (NY Times http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/easing-the-transition-from-soldier-to-civilian/) I just thought I’d pass it along!
Oh the link to the organization I am speaking of is http://thesoldiersproject.org Sorry about that!