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November 17, 2008
APA, other organizations pledge support to veterans' mental health charity
AFP (11/11) reported that "major US mental-health organizations," including the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and three other groups, "pledged to offer volunteer help on Monday for a non-profit group that provides free counseling to US soldiers suffering from the psychological wounds of war."
The organizations are supporting the Give an Hour charity, a non-profit "which seeks to enlist an army of volunteers to provide free mental-health services to US troops and their families." Give an Hour aims "to expand its current list of around 3,000 volunteers to 40,000."
It is estimated that the "cost of treating soldiers diagno sed with PTSD or depression in the first two years following their return from war" adds "up to $6.2 billion, while the cost of one year of treatment for just 2,700 cases of traumatic brain injury identified to date" is "up to $910 million."
Related Links:
- "Major Mental Health Associations Join to Support Give an Hour," wall Street Journal, November 10, 2008.
- Give an Hour
Posted by admin at November 17, 2008 11:46 AM