Countries such as Pakistan and India, which have huge populations and many competing economic and social priorities, are also experimenting with task-shifting, in which mental health counseling can be delivered by lay health workers trained to provide scientifically sound counseling with supervision.
BOSTON First responders to the Boston Marathon bombing are openly seeking mental-health counseling, in a sign of how attitudes have changed toward the treatment of psychological trauma after Sept. 11, 2001, and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
WSJ: First Responders Seek Out Counseling as Attitudes Shift
Though psychological trauma, which can eventually lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, became a widely recognized problem after the Vietnam War, the promotion of mental-health counseling for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans has accelerated a trickle-down effect to civilians and first responders.
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Jefferson County Mental Health has spearheaded the counseling effort, making sure victims receive the assistance they need.
Though no one can predict how long the students and families in Littleton will need counseling, mental health professionals are prepared to help as long as it takes.
OptumHealth : Provides a range of specialized health and wellness services to its customers such as mental health and substance abuse treatment and counseling.
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In addition, the nonprofit mental health clinic Newtown Youth and Family Services is providing counseling for families, community members and school staff.
EAPs offer help with a wide variety of issues, financial and non-financial, such as mental health, drug addition, legal needs, credit counseling, etc.
He predicted states would spend only 2.8% more than they otherwise would have, because their Medicaid programs now have to pay for things such as mental-health services, emergency-room visits and drug counseling that will be entirely or largely paid for by Washington under the expansion.
Bernard Project recently expanded to rebuild homes in New Orleans and opened a center for wellness and mental health, offering residents one-on-one and group counseling, among other clinical services.
When vets arrive -- through referral by the Veterans Administration, which largely funds the program -- they receive meals, housing, clothing, counseling and transportation to the VA hospital for additional medical and mental health care.
As Major Holcombe said, marriage counseling has become a key component of the California National Guard's mental health strategy.
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