Brandon Caserta ended his life after several requests for a therapist went ignored. His family lobbied for passage of the Brandon Act, which allows service members to seek mental health treatment immediately, in confidence and without retaliation.
. That’s also the same age range that most people join the military.Between 2016 and 2020, nearly half a million active-duty service members were diagnosed with at least one mental health disorder, according to Department of Defense data.
Since Brandon’s death in 2018, Teri and Patrick Caserta have been on a mission to make sure no other service member suffers the same fate. They drafted and lobbied for passage of the Brandon Act, which allows service members to seek mental health treatment immediately, in confidence and without retaliation.
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