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| Take two apps and call me in the morning - Mobile Mental Health Apps for Veterans

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System staff are working to reach more Veterans using mobile mental health apps. VA’s National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) received funding to roll out a project seeking to increase Veterans’ access to mobile apps to improve mental health coping and reduce suicide risk. One medical center in every VISN (Veterans Integrated Service Network) was selected to implement the project locally. When VA Pittsburgh Chief of Chaplain Service Paul Dordal learned about the project, he was immediately interested. “They had never had a chaplain volunteer, but I saw it as an opportunity,” he said. Dordal and VAPHS psychologist Dr. Michael Rosen received specific train-the-trainer instruction to become “mHealth specialists.” In this role, they work to empower and assist others, called mHealth ambassadors, to incorporate the mobile mental health apps into care. Anyone with connection to patients can become an ambassador, from psychologists a

VA, partner host program for Veterans with Parkinson s disease

VAntage Point VA, partner host program for Veterans with Parkinson’s disease Free online program March 20 from 9-12 ET Army Veteran Jay Phillips, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD), feels empowered by having as much as knowledge as possible to help him better manage his symptoms. He encourages Veterans, their families and caregivers who have questions about Parkinson’s research, care and resources to attend a free online program on Saturday, March 20, from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern. Phillips, one of three Veterans who will be speaking at the symposium, “Veterans and Parkinson’s: What You Need to Know,” is a volunteer with VA’s partner, the Parkinson’s Foundation.

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