Veterans and Military Health (medlineplus.gov) - This site lists a variety of links to Medline Plus articles and other useful websites that deal with health-related concerns unique to veterans.
Military Health System (health.mil) - Provides links to various topics relating to military health, such as Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety; Conditions and Treatments; 'Health and Wellness' resources; Research and Innovation; and Technology. Within each topic are articles, presentations, reports, and policies associated with the topic.
TRICARE.mil - Defense Health Agency (DHA), a component of the Military Health System (tricare.mil) - TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families around the world. Learn more by selecting from the drop-down menu listed under each tab: Plans & Eligibility; Find a Doctor; What's Covered; Cost; Life Events; and Forms & Claims.
Veteran Rehab (.org) - Addiction and Mental Health Resources for Veterans.
Helpline: 1-866-928-6339
New York State -
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Locations, N.Y. [State] (va.gov)
New York State Division of Veterans' Services (veterans.ny.gov)
Veterans Benefits - American Legion (legion.org)
Dutchess County -
Division of Veterans Services - Dutchess County Government, New York (co.dutchess.ny.us)
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (hudsonvalley.va.gov)
Dutchess County Division of Veterans Services, Pleasant Valley, NY - NY Connects (nyconnects.ny.gov)
Veteran Programs - Mental Health America of Dutchess County (mhadutchess.org)
Some of the Veteran Support eResources listed were selected from the Health and Healthcare tab of JJ Pionke's Veterans' Resources Guide. Pionke is at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors by
An official, up-to-date government manual that covers everything from VA life insurance to survivor benefits. - - Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). ...
Invisible Storm by
...after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts. He dropped out of the mayor's race and out of public life. And finally, he sought help. ...In candid, in-the-moment detail, we see him struggle with undiagnosed illness during a presidential bid; witness his family buoy him through challenging treatment; and, giving hope to so many of us, see him heal.
Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career by
Mission Transition is an essential career-change guide for any transitioning veteran that wants to avoid false starts and make optimal career choices following active duty.
Moving Past PTSD: Consciousness, Understanding, and Appreciation for Military Veterans and Their Families by
From World War I until today, the United States has failed to provide adequate transition support to millions of veterans leaving military service. Instead of providing meaningful jobs, access to quality health care and education, and fair and equitable housing, veterans learn that when their military service is done, they are now fighting a new battle - a ...
Once A Warrior: How One Veteran Found A New Mission Closer to Home by
The powerful story of one Marine who found healing and renewed purpose after returning from combat, for himself and tens of thousands of fellow veterans. ...
Psychiatric Casualties: How and Why the Military Ignores the Full Cost of War by
The psychological toll of war is vast, and the social costs of war's psychiatric casualties extend even further. Yet military mental health care suffers from extensive waiting lists, organizational scandals, spikes in veteran suicide, narcotic overprescription, shortages of mental health professionals, and inadequate treatment. The prevalence of conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder is often underestimated, and there remains entrenched stigma and fear of being diagnosed. Even more alarming is how the military dismisses or conceals the significance and extent of the mental health crisis. The trauma experts Mark C. Russell and Charles Figley offer an impassioned and meticulous critique of the systemic failures in military mental health care in the United States. They examine the persistent disconnect between war culture, which valorizes an appearance of strength and seeks to purge weakness, and the science and treatment of trauma. ...
Understanding Suicide's Allure: Steps to Save Lives By Healing Psychological Scars by
This book explains why suicide can be alluring to a person aiming to stop his or her traumatic pain--whether its source is bullying, sexual assault, war combat, or other PTSD-invoking events--and details approaches that can prevent suicide.
And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by
A galvanizing narrative of the wartime role played by U.S. Army nurses from the invasion of North Africa to the bloody Italian campaign to the decisive battles in France and the Rhineland. More than 59,000 nurses volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps alone: 217 lost their lives (16 by enemy action), and more than 1,600 were decorated for meritorious service and bravery under fire. But their stories have rarely been heard. Now, drawing on never-before-published eyewitness accounts many heroic, some mundane and comic Neidel-Greenlee take us to the front lines, to the withering fire on the beaches of Anzio and Normandy, and to the field and evacuation hospitals, as well as bombed and burned hospital ships. We witness the nurses and the doctors with whom they served coping with the physical and psychological damage done to the soldiers in combat. We see them working often with only meager supplies and overwhelmed by the sheer number of casualties to save the lives and limbs of thousands of wounded troops. With them we experience the almost constant packing up and moving on to keep up with advancing troops, foxholes dug under camp beds, endless mud, and treacherous minefields. The vividness and immediacy of their recollections provide us with a powerfully visceral, deeply affecting sense of their experiences: terrifying and triumphant, exhausting and exhilarating. A revelatory work that at last gives voice to the nurses who played such an essential role in World War II.
Letters of A Civil War Nurse by
She was called "The Florence Nightingale of America." From the fighting at Gettysburg to the capture of Richmond, this young Quaker nurse worked tirelessly to relieve the suffering of soldiers. She was one of the great heroines of the Union. Cornelia Hancock served in field and evacuating hospitals, in a contraband camp, and (defying authority) on the battlefield. Her letters to family members are witty, unsentimental, and full of indignation about the neglect of wounded soldiers and black refugees. Hancock was fiercely devoted to the welfare of the privates who had "nothing before them but hard marching, poor fare, and terrible fighting."
The Ground Truth by
Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home.
Served Like A Girl by
Five women veterans who have endured unimaginable trauma in service create a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of stranded homeless women veterans by entering into a competition that unexpectedly catalyzes moving events in their own lives to bring them full circle in a quest for healing and hope.
The War In Between by
A documentary film on an incredible bond between combat veterans and rescued wolves, both suffering from PTSD.
