ARLINGTON, Va. — Mental-health professionals from across the United States are offering free services to military personnel and their families struggling to cope with the effects of deployment and combat.
More than 550 licensed providers have joined Give an Hour, according to its founder and executive director, Barbara Romberg.
The program’s name comes from its basic commitment: Each volunteer agrees to provide at least one hour per week of mental-health support or treatment at no charge, and to participate in the network for at least a year.
Current or former members of the military are a large part of Give an Hour’s target audience, but “we are offering the services to anyone who is affected” by deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan, Romberg said on Wednesday.
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(RG) it’s a step in the right direction , what’s and hour to a servicemen that has given his life to his county? We in the UK still have a very overstretched NHS, but doctors here in the UK who understand and recognise PTSD and stress symptoms are like British armoured vehicles in Afghanistan , very thin on the ground if non existent.
© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.
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