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Resources & Links
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The following links are outside of the VA's website. They are provided only as informational or educational links. The VA does not endorse nor maintains any of the following sites.
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Groups/Associations
The Anxiety Disorders Association of America offers a referral network of professional therapists, as well as a self-help group network.
The Associate for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) is a professional organization that maintains a database of CBT therapist at https://aabt.org/members/Directory/Clinical_Directory.cfm
The National Institute of Mental Health Anxiety Disorders has published an extensive list of mental health organizations to help the consumer find more information about anxiety disorders and related issues, as well as to obtain referrals for specialists in different geographical areas.
Sidran offers a referral list of professional therapists, as well as a fact sheet on how to choose a therapist for PTSD and dissociative disorders.
The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) has a website with information on advocacy for those with mental illness, including affiliates who provide family support groups in different states.
Websites
About.com's trauma resource page offers a comprehensive listing of information, resources, links, and support groups on a wide array of topics related to trauma, particularly incest and child abuse.
Facts for health offers a referral database for clinicians based on clinicians who have completed a continuing education course on PTSD or clinicians who have been identified by the directors of the Madison Institute of Medicine as being specialists in PTSD.
The holistic health yellow pages offer a referral network of holistic practitioners.
National Institute of Mental Health
Recent research on PTSD and brain imaging.
National Mental Health Association
Research findings regarding the biology of PTSD.
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
Information for the general public and professionals regarding a wide array of mental health-related information and services; service locator; crisis hotline; children's mental health; grants and funding information
Resources
The Readjustment Counseling Service's community-based Vet Centers provide information and diagnostic evaluations concerning PTSD and many other problems to any veteran who served in a war zone or in a military conflict (such as in Panama, Grenada, or Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan). There are no co-payments or charges of any kind for Vet Center confidential services. Please call 1-800-905-4675.
For specific options for education and treatment in your local area, contact the closest VA Medical Center http://www.va.gov/
Military- Deployment/Reintegration/Health- Information and Referral:
Army OneSource
1–800–464–8107
International toll free: 800-464-81077
Designed to help you deal with life’s issues. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year you can call in and speak to a master’s level consultant or you can go online to access information or email a consultant.
- Caring for you and your family
- Managing your everyday life
- Available anytime, anywhere
- Your privacy is assured
- No cost to you
Military OneSource
(user id: military; password: onesource)
From the US: 1-800-342-9647
Outside the US: (country access code) 800-3429-6477 (dial all 11 numbers)
Military OneSource is the same as Army OneSource for all military forces, a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, toll free information and referral telephone service available worldwide to active duty, Reserve, and National Guard military members and their families, and deployed civilians and their families. Military OneSource provides information ranging from every day concerns to deployment/reintegration issues. Additionally, if there is a need for face-to-face counseling Military OneSource can provide a referral for six sessions per issue with professional civilian counselors at no cost to the military or family member (only available in the United States and Puerto Rico). Overseas, Military OneSource can help access those existing services provided through the Medical Treatment Facilities. Users may use the website to order educational materials (booklets, cds, etc.) at no charge and access consultants on-line on a 24/7 basis.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences:Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
NEW: BATTLEMIND Training: Continuing the Transition Home (PDF)
This brochure, developed by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, provides an easy to remember way for service members and their peers to identify times when the 'Battlemind' mindset that helped them in the field is hurting them at home.
Returning to Family Life After Military Deployment
user id: military; password: onesource
Ameriforce Deployment Guide
Fact sheets and information for service members and their families on post-deployment including home, finances, career, and more.
Courage to Care
This site, created by Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, belongs to the Center for Traumatic Studies and includes a wealth of additional information. Clicking on 'Courage to Care' in the left margin will bring you to an electronic health campaign for military and civilian professionals serving the military community, as well as for military men, women and families.
Military Family Research Institute: Deployment Support Resources Guide
Army Community Service: Deployment/Mobilization Readiness
Veterans and Families: Homecoming Preparedness Guide
Veterans and Families is a national non-profit community service and support organization, founded and directed by Veterans, parents, grandparents, family members, employers, mental health professionals, academics and community leaders.
Department of Defense Deployment Health & Family Readiness Library
This library provides service members, families and healthcare providers a quick and easy way to find the deployment health and family readiness information they value. The contents of this library include fact sheets, guides and other products on a wide variety of topics that have been made available on a single website for your use.
Military Family Resource Center
Resource for policy makers and those providing services to active duty service members, reservists and their families.
Employment
National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves
Facts sheets and resources for employers and members of the Guard and Reserve on all aspects of workplace reentry.
National Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
Delivers educational materials to employers and employees on a broad range of mental health topics, provides a forum for businesses to explore mental health issues and share innovative solutions, and serves as a clearinghouse of mental health information important to employers.
The National Mental Health Association
Specific information about Guard and reservists returning to work.
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS)
www.centerforthestudyoftraumaticstress.org/
The CSTS is a part of the Department of Psychiatry of the federal medical school of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. This site provides information regarding disaster and military psychiatry, terrorism preparedness, treatment guidelines, traumatic stress research and consultation for professionals.
Veterans Service Organizations
A Website provided by Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that lists and allows searches of the VSO directory.
Veteran Data and Information
www.va.gov/vetdata
Department of Veterans Affairs site offers a wide variety of information/data (grouped/anonymous) regarding our country's veterans, e.g. socioeconomic, demographic, types of diagnoses, etc.
US Dept. of Defense
www.defenselink.mil
Official site of the US Dept. of Defense; includes the Pentagon Channel (TV), military-related videos on demand; podcasts, special reports, news, and updates on OIF/OEF related events and issues
The Pentagon Channel
www.pentagonchannel.mil
Website devoted to providing members of the US military with up to date information regarding topics such as: State Dept. briefings, general military news, and OIF/OEF newscasts; webcasts, podcasts available; companion to Pentagon Channel on Armed Services Radio.
Medline Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Site houses medical databases that can be search for medically-related journal articles and abstracts; excellent resource for the busy clinician
PubMed
www.nlm.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine Database and Electronic Resource Center; information on wide array of topics such as: clinical trials, catalog of books, journals, audiovisual material and more; Medline Plus; Grants and funding resources
Medscape
www.medscape.com/psychiatry
Site provides option for daily/weekly updates on a wide variety of medical/psychiatric topics that the user selects; searchable medical database and many other features
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
www.istss.org
Official site for this international organization; provides a wide variety of information, resources, calendar of events related to trauma and its understanding and treatment; excellent resource for both clinicians and the general public.
David Baldwin's Trauma Pages
http://trauma-pages.com
Award-winning trauma-related site with extremely comprehensive information, resources and related links for both clinicians and lay persons
US Dept of Health and Human Services-Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
www.samhsa.gov
Site provides comprehensive information for both lay and professional audiences; statistics and data related to substance abuse and treatment; suicide preventions, getting help for mental health problems, getting help for substance abuse problems, substance abuse treatment programs and facilities, family guides for dealing with substance abuse, emergency services and disaster relief information
Post Deployment Health
www.pdhealth.mil/
This site was developed by the US Department of Defense and is intended to be used as a catalyst and a resource center for clinicians providing post-deployment healthcare. Topics include: assessment and measures, deployment cycle support information, information on combat stress and PTSD, links to further education and training, and medical issues common to those who served in OIF/OEF theaters. This comprehensive site also contains a variety of materials suitable for use by military personnel and their families.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main
This site provides information and resources regarding the effects of traumatic stress on children. Valuable tool for a variety of audiences-parents, caregivers, educators, and other professionals.
Veterans-Vocational Rehabilitation
vetsuccess.symplicity.com/
This site is devoted to helping veterans who have service-connected disabilities become suitably employed, maintain employment, or to achieve independence in everyday living. Site has links to variety of topics such as: Bureau of Labor Statistics, veterans' career network, military transferable skills, and a resume center.
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