PTSD Awareness: Supporting Our Service Members and Their Families
PTSD affects not just the individual but the entire family. Raising awareness is crucial to ensure proper care and treatment for service members, caregivers, and dependents. Start by downloading Understanding PTSD and PTSD Treatment from the National Center for PTSD to learn about the causes, symptoms, and available treatments. There are also self-help tools and a PTSD Coach Mobile App to provide coaching and support.
For personal experiences and stories related to PTSD, visit AboutFace where veterans, family members, and clinicians share their journeys and progress in overcoming PTSD.
Make the Connection has hundreds of unscripted video interviews, where more than 600 veterans and their family members tell their personal stories — including the issues they’ve faced, the support they’ve received, and the strides they’ve made in improving their own lives.
Help us raise awareness by sharing these resources: Learn, Connect, and Share.
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Non-VA Local Help
Know A Vet? presents this information and these national resource directories, not as a recommendation of any specific service or provider, but as a starting point for your own research.
Please feel free to use the check sheets Before, During and After the Medical Appointment and Choosing a Medical Service Provider to help you in your search for the best help for your individual circumstances.
In addition, there may be other federal, state and local government or private resources for your individual needs.
VA, Government and Organization Help
Know A Vet? presents this information and these national resource directories, not as a recommendation of any specific service or provider, but as a starting point for your own research.
Clicking here will bring you to a database of other VA services you can locate by zip code.
Please also check out our page on Filing Claims. We recommend that you do NOT file claims on your own. If you do not file exactly the way the VA looks for information, it can take literally years for your claim to go back and forth before approval or denial.
The other resources listed, such as your local Veterans Service Office (names vary by county), VSO counseloror, VFW, etc., will help you determine what you are eligible for and file correctly for results in as little as a few weeks.
