Health officials stress the importance of reaching out for help. KVUE's Dominique Newland has the details about local resources available for veterans.
Veterans often face barriers when seeking quality mental health care, including lack of access to care or professionals who understand their trauma during combat.AUSTIN, Texas — November is recognized as National Veterans and Military Families Month. And with Veterans Day this Saturday, health officials are stressing the importance of reaching out for help if you're in need.
While in active duty, some may be used to being in charge for a long time or having a lot of responsibility. When they're out, they don't have that status anymore. "The Center for Women's Veterans actually have females at every region that are women's veterans representatives that are there specifically to deal with women's issues. There's a lot of individual help out there for people that are seeking services outside of the military after they transition," Hansen said.
"I still get people that come and pay me out of pocket because they don't want to use the military mental health system because of HIPAA. I can't say anything to anybody unless they've harmed themselves or someone else. Whereas a lot of people don't realize that HIPAA doesn't exactly apply the same way in the military," Hansen said.
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