When veterans in crisis can't get help - Government Executive
Two veterans sought psychiatric care at a VA clinic in Chico, Calif. They were bounced between virtual providers and struggled to get support in the thr...
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Two veterans sought psychiatric care at a VA clinic in Chico, Calif. They were bounced between virtual providers and struggled to get support in the thr...
Department of Veterans Affairs via Flickr By Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi / ProPublica Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of mental illness, violence and sexual assault. Marty and Candy Larsen were in their pajamas, getting ready to watch a movie in the living room, when they heard their 27-year-old daughter scream. “I need help!” Julia cried. They could see her standing just a few feet away, her long blond hair unkempt, her blue-gray eyes at once alert and vacant. She’d
The military has long drawn recruits from remote towns across America, promising them a lifetime of health care. But the VA has seldom staffed those same communities with the mental health professionals needed to help them.
Two veterans sought psychiatric care at a VA clinic in Chico, California. They were bounced between virtual providers and struggled to get support in the threadbare system. A staffer worried, “We are going to kill someone.” Then tragedy struck.