Bogusness on the VA Front

This is a follow up to my recent post PTSD. A report was issued last week about VA centers, and the increase they are seeing for a demand for mental health services, how it is stretching them thin (they were not expecting to be seeing this many people, which is what my previous post talks about: how could they underestimate so much?), and how the administration isn't giving them the support they need. Disgraceful.

 

Vet Centers see escalating demand for help as troops return

By David Goldstein

McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - A network of community-based walk-in veterans' treatment centers is under increasing pressure as more and more former troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have come looking for help.

Half of the Vet Centers sampled reported that their expanding caseloads have affected their ability to treat their current clientele.

"The administration's failure to increase staffing and other resources for Vet Centers has put their capacity to meet the needs of veterans and their families at risk," the report said.

"The Vet Centers' staff are dedicated and deeply committed to meeting the needs of veterans and their families, but without additional resources, even dedicated staff has limits," said Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, the House VA Committee member who requested the report.