Mental Health Resources
If you are in crisis and need immediate assistance:
Veteran's Crisis Line: Suicide Prevention Hotline, Text, and Chat visit https://www.veteranscrisisline.net
Vet Centers (Readjustment) visit www.vetcenter.va.gov
or call 1-877-WAR-VETS
For veterans who may be on the verge of a crisis or just want to talk to a fellow veteran about their struggles, there are two resources:
1) Vets4Warriors: call 855.838.8255 or visit
https://www.vets4warriors.com/connect/
2) Objective Zero: Download the app and/or visit https://www.objectivezero.org/
If you are Active Duty and want to go outside of the DoD:
Cohen Veteran's Network - visit www.cohenveteransnetwork.org
Provides mental health care to post-9/11 veterans, active duty (with a Tricare referral), and their family members.
Headstrong - visit getheadstrong.org
Provides at no expense, confidential and stigma-free
mental health treatment for military members, veterans, and their families regardless of service era or discharge.
Give an Hour - visit https://giveanhour.org
Focused on providing free mental health care to active duty, National Guard and Reserve service members, veterans, and their families.
Check with Tricare for a community provider list of mental health professionals in your area.
Other resources for those who served. Please read the description to learn which one may be best suited for you:
Stop Soldier Suicide - https://stopsoldiersuicide.org/
Mission is to reduce service member and veteran suicide using enhanced data insights, focused client acquisition, and suicide-specific intervention services.
Charlie's House - https://charlieshomeforvets.org/
Charlie's Home for Vets is dedicated to assisting homeless veterans, and veterans on the verge of becoming homeless by assisting them to find available housing resources in San Antonio, Texas.
National Resource Directory - visit nrd.gov
The NRD is a database of validated resources that supports recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration for service members, veterans, family members, and caregivers.
Military OneSource - visit https://www.militaryonesource.mil
Offers free, confidential counseling to help the military community.
Make the Connection - visit https://www.maketheconnection.net
Watch Veterans and their family members share real stories of strength and recovery, find useful information and local mental health resources, and explore ways to show your support.
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans - visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/nationalcallcenter.asp or call 877-424-3838
Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness—and their family members, friends and supporters—can make the call to or chat online with the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, where trained counselors are ready to talk confidentially 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Cohen Veteran's Network - visit www.cohenveteransnetwork.org
Provides mental health care to post-9/11 veterans, active duty (with a Tricare referral), and their family members.
Headstrong - visit getheadstrong.org
Provides at no expense, confidential and stigma-free
mental health treatment for military members, veterans, and their families regardless of service era or discharge.
Give an Hour - visit https://giveanhour.org/
Focused on providing free mental health care to active duty, National Guard and Reserve service members, veterans, and their families.
Veterans Families United - for mental health resources visit https://veteransfamiliesunited.org/mental-health-resources
Semper Fi Fund Integrative Wellness Program - visit https://semperfifund.org/what-we-do/integrative-wellness
Helps identify and fill gaps in mental health care for post-9/11 combat injured service members, veterans and caregivers.
Camaraderie Foundation Counseling Services - visit https://camaraderiefoundation.org/programs/counseling
Provides 100% financial support for short term confidential, private counseling services to Post-9/11 Veterans, Service members and their families.
Service Women’s Action Network: SWAN - visit https://www.servicewomensactionnetwork.org
A member-driven community advocating for the individual and collective needs of servicewomen.
Mission 22 Programs for Veterans - visit https://mission22.com/programs/veterans
Mission 22 is united in the war against veteran suicide by offering treatment programs that focus on traumatic brain injury and Post-traumatic Stress.
