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March 2024
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MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT
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Celebrate Women Veterans
Join us in celebrating women Veterans and service members in honor of Women’s History Month. On behalf of the National Center for PTSD, we thank you for your service.
Additionally, we encourage you to visit AboutFace to discover true stories from female Veterans. Hear testimonials from Veterans who sought PTSD-related treatment and resources. If you or someone you know is a woman Veteran or active service member interested in receiving PTSD or trauma-related health services, please visit womenshealth.va.gov.
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PODCAST SERIES
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Join us for these 12-minute-or-less talks with experts about technology resources you can use or share to help with PTSD.
Misconceptions About PTSD pt.2
In this second episode of a two-part series, Lisa-Ann Cuccurullo addresses more myths about PTSD, its symptoms, and whether it can be treated. She also describes how you can work together with a mental health provider as your partner to choose a treatment that works best for you.
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RESEARCH PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITY
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VA’s National Center for PTSD and the Coaching Into Care program have partnered to study telephone coaching methods to help spouses and intimate partners of Veterans with untreated PTSD get their Veteran into mental health care. The study will provide free telephone coaching and, if assigned, access to online educational materials. Participants will be compensated up to $170 for participating.
Visit: https://www.familycoachingstudy.org to learn more about the study and complete a brief screening quiz to see if you are eligible to participate. For participant’s rights questions, contact 1-866-680-2906.
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PTSD Coach
The PTSD Coach app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma. Together with professional medical treatment, PTSD Coach provides you with resources you can trust. If you have, or think you might have PTSD, this app is for you. Family and friends can also learn about PTSD and coping from this app.
Features include:
- Reliable information on PTSD and treatments that work
- Tools for screening and tracking your symptoms
- Convenient, easy-to-use tools to help you handle stress symptoms
- Direct links to support and help
- Always with you when you need it
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Be sure to forward this update to others so they can subscribe. We send one update per month to keep you informed of the latest PTSD developments.
Thank you,
The Staff of VA’s National Center for PTSD
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 Produced by VA’s National Center for PTSD - Executive Division
Email: ncptsd@va.gov | Visit our Website: www.ptsd.va.gov
*Links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs website to a non-government site. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of these linked websites.
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