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“America’s mental health service delivery system is in shambles.” At a time when treatment for psychiatric illness has never been more effective, access to that care is fragmented, discontinuous, sporadic, and often totally unavailable. The numbers of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) who are incarcerated or homeless and without support have reached epidemic proportions...

Each month, the Lifeline Network serves over 45,000 callers who are in emotional distress. You can reach the Lifeline by dialing 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Although suicide prevention is our primary mission, people call the Lifeline for many reasons.

It is safe to assume that all soldiers are impacted by their experiences in war. For many, surviving the challenges of war can be rewarding, maturing, and growth-promoting (e.g., greater self efficacy,enhanced identity and sense of purposefulness, pride, camaraderie, etc.). The demands, stressors, and conflicts of participation in war can also be traumatizing, spiritually and morally devastating, and transformative in potentially damaging ways, the impact of which can be manifest across the lifespan...

A DoD nationwide program to showcase and communicate American support to the men and women of the Armed Forces.

Our goal is to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction. We have reformed our department internally and are striving for high quality, prompt and seamless service to veterans. Our department's employees continue to offer their dedication and commitment to help veterans get the services they have earned. Our nation's veterans deserve no less.

This section of the Military.com website is sponsored by the DoD Office of Military Community & Family Policy. It provides resources and support for severely injured servicemembers and their families.

The Iraq War Clinician Guide was developed by members of the National Center for PTSD and the Department of Defense. It was developed specifically for clinicians and addresses the unique needs of veterans of the Iraq war.

If you were to ask a dozen people to define stress, or explain what causes stress for them, or how stress affects them, you would likely get 12 different answers to each of these requests. The reason for this is that there is no definition of stress that everyone agrees on, what is stressful for one person may be pleasurable or have little effect on others and we all react to stress differently. That's easily illustrated by the list of 50 Common Signs And Symptoms Of Stress noted under Effects Of Stress and the attached diagram illustrating how it affects different parts of the body.

This site contains a variety of information for TRICARE beneficiaries and more.

Emotional and Mental Health Connections for service members/family members, providers and military leaders.