SAMHSA
Web Page: www.samhsa.gov/vets
Webcasts and conferences
on recovery How to find
treatment for mental health and
substance abuse issues Publications
about coping with trauma -
Statistical
reports and more
Read SAMHSA News online,
May/June 2007.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
Call 1-800-273-TALK
A new prompt offers the option of
pressing #1 and connecting directly
to a special VA suicide crisis line,
located in Canandaigua, NY, and staffed
by mental health professionals.
Office of Applied Studies
To access the recent Office of Applied
Studies short report, Serious
Psychological Distress and Substance
Use Disorder among Veterans, visit http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/veteransDual/veteransDual.cfm.
Also see "Statistics
on Mental Health" for
an overview.
Coverage of the first conference
on veterans and their families, “The
Road Home: National Conference on
Returning Veterans and Their Families,” is
included in the May/June 2006 issue,
available online at www.samhsa.gov/SAMHSA_News.
SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Treatment
Facility Locator
To access this searchable directory
of alcohol and drug treatment programs,
visit www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(VA)
Providers can refer veterans to care
in VA’s 153 medical centers,
more than 600 clinics, and more than
200 Vet Centers that can be located
through the “Find a Facility” tab
at www.va.gov. Also available:
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD)
- America Supports You. An official Web site of DoD,
connects individuals and organizations to hundreds of
homefront groups offering a variety of support services
to the military community. Visit www.americasupportsyou.mil.
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NATIONAL GUARD
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NON-FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS
Vets4Vets. Offers a place for veterans of wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq to help
each other through peer support.
Visit www.vets4vets.us. AMVETS. Provides assistance to veterans
across the Nation in addition to supporting
community service initiatives. Visit
www.amvets.org.
National
Veterans Foundation. Offers public awareness programs
and outreach services for veterans.
Visit www.nvf.org.
Operation
Healthy Reunions. Provides
education about mental health
issues among soldiers and their
families. Visit www.nmha.org/reunions. Tragedy
Assistance Program for Survivors
(TAPS). Provides a support
network for the surviving families
of those who have died in military
service. Visit www.taps.org. -
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Addresses
critical issues facing new veterans
and their families, including mental health, traumatic
brain Injury, the VA system, and health coverage.
Visit www.iava.org/resources-for-vets.
For additional links to information from the U.S. Department of Defense as well as the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, visit SAMHSA
News online,
May/June 2006. 
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