Medical Benefits/PTSD Links
From Transitioning Veteran Wiki
This is a page dedicated to helping educate families and Veterans in dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. These are simply links to PTSD sites with what I feel is very useful information to help guide Veterans and their Families. It is strongly advised to contact the Veterans Affairs contact numbers for professional advice, PTSD is a real medical condition and there are numerous groups out there ready to help a Veteran or a Veteran's family member when dealing with symptoms of PTSD.
Never be ashamed to speak to someone, whether it's a family member, a friend or a specialist in the field to seek help.
- STEVE (founder of Transitioning Veteran)
Contents |
Vet Centers and Resources
[ http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp]
Map of Veteran Hospitals and Centers in the U.S.
National Alliance on Mental Health - Veterans Resource page
Returning Veterans from war - Main page
[ http://www.pdhealth.mil/veterans/default.asp]
Dept of Defense - Deployment Health Clinical Center website
[ http://www.military.com/benefits/veterans-health-care/veterans-health-care-overview]
Military.com - Veterans Health care Overview
[ http://www.pdhealth.mil/about_dhcc.asp]
Deployment Health Clinical Center - transitioning from DoD to VA
Tricare for Military
Tricare site for Military
[ https://www.tricareonline.com/preloginHome.do]
Tricare online services
[ http://www.tricare.mil/Pressroom/news.aspx?fid=404]
Tricare pressroom (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder / Training links
[ http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/help/]
Main PTSD website
[ http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/hotlines/state.asp]
State Crisis hotlines
[ http://www.vetsprevail.com/]
Vets Prevail - Post-Deployment Resiliency Training
[ http://www.realwarriors.net/]
Real Warriors: Resilience, Recovery, Reintegration (Army website)
[ http://www.thesoldiersproject.org/locations.cfm]
Soldier's Project - FREE COUNSELING for soldiers and their families conducted by licensed medical professionals in Chicago, Southern California, New York, Seattle and Sacramento.
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Great source of info on PTSD (Facts, Organizations, Treatments, News and Online Discussions)
[ http://www.behavioralhealth.army.mil/faqs/faqscomb.html]
Army Behavioral Health site - PTSD questions and answers
Coping Strategies & Help for returning veterans and their Family
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness - US Army
[ http://www.oefoif.va.gov/FAQs.asp]
Facts section answering many questions pertaining to returning veterans from the war zone
[ http://www.armywell-being.org/skins/WBLO/home.aspx?AllowSSL=true]
Army Families - Well Being
[ http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/CTChildrenCopeDuringDeployment.pdf]
Helping your Children cope while your spouse is deployed
[ http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main]
Help your child who may be dealing with Trauma - Great site to inform any parent about what a child may be dealing with (A father or mother deploying for a long time could be a traumatic event for any child
PTSD and it's affect on Relationships I highlighted this, because many couples could be affected by this without thinking symptoms are even present
[ http://www.afterdeployment.org/index2.php?cid=s000_1000]
After Deployment - Great site for Veterans returning from the War Zone
Great book for Veterans returning from war and for families. I did a report on this book and would definitely recommend it.
[ http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/manuals/GuideforFamilies.pdf]
Packet pertaining to helping family with a returning War Veteran
[ http://www1.va.gov/vso/rpt_statelocal.cfm]
State and Local Dept. of VA contact numbers
