Emergent Mental Health Care for Former Service Members .  19 July 2017

This fact sheet is designed to explain services available to former service members with other-than-honorable (OTH) administrative discharges and urgent mental health needs.

Because suicide prevention is the Department of Veterans Affairs’ top clinical priority, it is important for former service members to know there is someplace they can turn if they are facing a mental health emergency — whether it means urgent care at a VA emergency department, a Vet Center or through the Veterans Crisis Line.

Read the full fact sheet.

VA Resources for Veterans, Providers and the General Public

• Mental Health Home
• Get Help
• Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) or Social Phobia
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Panic Disorder
  • Specific Phobias
• Bipolar
• Depression
• Military Sexual Trauma
• PTSD
• Schizophrenia
• Substance Use
  • Summary of VA Treatment Programs
    for Substance Use Problems

How to Recognize When to Ask for Help 

• Suicide Prevention
• How to Talk to a 4-8 Year-Old Child
  about a Suicide Attempt in Your Family
• How to Talk to a 9-13 Year-Old Child
  about a Suicide Attempt in Your Family
• How to Talk to a 14-18 Year-Old Teen
  about a Suicide Attempt in Your Family

• Returning Veteran
• Veteran in Recovery
  • VA Recovery Services in
    Mental Health
• Woman Veteran
• Veteran Looking for Work
• Veteran’s Family Member
• Mental Health Provider
• College Faculty Member
• About VA Mental Health
• Resources and Support
• Featured Articles