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Article: Bill Improves Veteran Mental Health Care
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- July 30, 2007
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WASHINGTON - The House took steps Monday to improve counseling and care for the tens of thousands of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder.
The bill, one of four veterans bills passed by the House, requires the Veterans Affairs Department to provide outreach and mental health services to veterans of the two campaigns. The VA secretary is also directed to contract with community mental health centers in areas not adequately served by the VA.
The VA in April reported that one-third of veterans of the two wars have sought VA health care since fiscal 2002, and that mental disorders comprised 37 percent of possible ...