What kind pf psychological assistance do Iraq veterans/ soldiers, get from the government?

Answer 1

..well, it is not the kind you would think they would get. The individual people who are working in VA hospitals are schooled in traditional ways, very few of them are veterans, fewer still are familiar with the fatigue of combat, or the trauma involved in a young warriors mind in an engagement

Ironically, the government will not permit a savvy combat vet with psy experience to be employed in a VA hospital ether, unless he has his diplomas and his certificates of schooling..

I guess the bureaucratic mentality demands all it's offices be filled with hands on literature saturation, than OJT experience ...that way nobody sticks out as overly competent.

Fortunately for us, those who are serving those of us who served, are compassionate and sympathetic,...if not ideally informed or adequately experienced with what a traumatized
combat vet is dealing with in his life.

The apathy i see, is not in the individuals who are 'working' in our VA hospitals..the only apathy I see is in the burocracy that is so ineffectual, incompetent, complicated, and self serveing....

Sorry...i get real pissy when 'Psy' and 'veteran' are used in the same sentance....this is a fight i have fought for 10 -12 years now... i opologize.
And now i've lost my thought...gettin too old for it any more i think.

In a nut shell..the psy departments are staffed by civilian medics and doc's...because the vetrans qualified to be combat counslers are not employable by this system that is governing the VA's system of recovery or theripy or rehabilitation...that's as simple as it can be said...

Answer 2

Well, I've been to Iraq once and I'm fixing to head over there again. They have alot of services out there to help us. Whether or not it helps us is a different story. Its hard. They seem to really just focus on the people that want to commit suicide. The rest of us just kinda get handed prescription medicine. You never just have anyone to talk to about how you feel. Trust me on this one. I need someone to talk to and tried to use there services and they said I was completely normal and sent me on my way. Maybe this isn't everywhere but where I'm stationed is how it works. I'm getting out of the military after my next deployment. Its just too much sometimes. I hope I helped answer your question.

Answer 3

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Allah Bless them all