Dallas Vet Center offers women Veterans MST support
Coping with Military Sexual Trauma - a new support group for military sexual trauma. It’s psychoeducational basics and covers PTSD 101. Coping skills and different therapies to help Veterans.
Beyond MST mobile app for military sexual trauma survivors
VA is committed to supporting Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma. The new, free Beyond MST mobile app is designed specifically to support MST survivors’ healing and recovery.
Vets First Podcast S:1 E:6: Extraordinary circumstances: Son donates kidney to father and Jack Jones receives the first Hepatitis C positive kidney
In this episode Vince and David, a father and son pair, talk two days before their kidney transplant surgery for Vince, an Air Force Veteran.
You’re not alone: VA is here for MST survivors
During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, VA is connecting with MST survivors and raising awareness of its MST related services and treatment.
VA Research reveals circumstances that can lead to homelessness among women Veterans
VA provides a full range of programs and services to help Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness secure stable housing and achieve independence. These resources are vital for all Veterans, especially women: homelessness among female Veterans increased by 2% between 2018 and 2019, while homelessness among male Veterans declined by 3% during the same period.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Hubert Menno Amstutz
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Hubert Menno Amstutz, who served as a surgeon in France, Belgium and Germany during World War II.
Tee-shirts say “You’re not alone” to MST survivors
Sexual Assault Awareness Month was observed at Fayetteville VA Medical Center with a display of tee-shirts created for the Clothesline Project by survivors of military sexual trauma.
#BorneTheBattle 124: Nick Armstrong – Army Veteran, Senior Director of Research and Policy at IVMF
Nicholas Armstrong joins Borne the Battle to discuss his experience in the Army, his efforts at IVMF, and some key research from the institute.
Changes to MST-related PTSD claims processing means more help for Veterans
VA has taken a number of steps over the years to better serve military sexual trauma survivors applying for disability compensation for conditions caused by MST, beginning with relaxing evidentiary standards in 2002.
A look at some of the VA programs MST survivors chose to help them recover
Learn more about MST services available in the VA by speaking with your VA healthcare provider, contacting the MST Program Manager, or visiting your closest Vet Center.
VA highlighting ways to help MST survivors during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
The Center for Women Veterans and VA Mental Health Services will partner during April to share how VA is engaging new voices and standing together to empower military sexual trauma survivors.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran David Armstrong
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran David Armstrong.
