Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Veterans

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Veterans face higher rates of mental health conditions like PTSD and Depression. Despite this, more than half of those affected do not receive timely treatment due to stigma, lack of understanding, and limited access to specialized care. APA PsycTherapy® offers valuable insights for counselors through video demonstrations of proven therapeutic methods.

Military Veterans & Mental Health

PTSD and Depression:

14 - 16% of U.S. service members deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq are affected by PTSD or Depression. Veterans are more likely to experience these conditions compared to civilians.

Symptoms of Depression:

Loss of interest, insomnia, weight changes, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, feelings of worthlessness.

Symptoms of PTSD:

Intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance, hypervigilance, sleep difficulties.

Barriers to Mental Health Services

Stigma and Stereotypes: 

Negative perceptions about mental health and therapy prevent many veterans from seeking help.

Lack of Understanding: 

Many veterans are unaware of the treatment options available.

Access to Care: 

Difficulty finding specialized clinicians and therapists.

APA PsycTherapy: A Resource for Clinicians

What It Offers:

Unscripted videos of sessions for training instructors, practitioners, and trainees.

Specialized Content:

Videos tagged with "Military Veteran" cover various therapeutic approaches for PTSD and Depression.

Helpful Tools:

Synchronized transcripts allow users to search for precise moments in therapy, create playlists and share video clips.

Expertly Tagged Metadata:

Navigation to specific therapeutic techniques is easy due to expert indexing.

APA PsycTherapy's Teaching Guide:

Step-by-step exercises and suggested videos for the classroom and other training settings.

Broad Range of Topics in APA PsycTherapy

At a quick glance, the below listed topics each appear in more than 50 video records on the APA PsycTherapy database, and are covered extensively by dozens of trained. well-renowned professionals in their respective fields.

Learn More 

Stay abreast of developments in psychotherapy. Subscribers to APA PsycTherapy will have the benefit of setting up search alerts on a variety of timely subjects to view new and updated content, including video therapy demonstrations relevant to the issues that most affect veterans. Free trials for your institution are available.

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