Where is the Evidence for VA Mental Health Treatments? An interview with Dr. Jonathan Shedler

Join us for a stunning interview with American psychologist Jonathan Shedler, PhD with regards to Evidence Based Therapies. With a rising rate of veteran suicides, our government has quadrupled spending for Evidence-Based Therapies: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...

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Will President Trump’s Task Force End Veteran Suicide?

President Trump’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS), created an inter-agency Task Force to lead the development and implementation of a national, comprehensive roadmap to change how our nation treats mental health and understands suicide prevention. The PREVENTS objective is to change the culture...

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Groundhog Day: 5 Congressional policies that fail to reduce veteran death by suicide

Congress has spent two decades looking for solutions to a veteran suicide epidemic which has only gotten worse. Lawmakers have continued to pile on the cash for traditional mental health approaches to reduce suicide and the symptoms associated with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), depression, anxiety, and more. How is...

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Veteran Mental Health Town Hall w/ Sen. Boozman, Rep. Conor Lamb: COVID-19 & VA’s Suicide Epidemic

Please join us for a virtual Capitol Hill Town Hall with Senator John Boozman, Representative Conor Lamb, and three incredible veterans organizations for a timely and critical town-hall discussion on the future mental health of our veterans. Congress has spent over a decade looking for solutions to a veteran suicide...

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