On Monday, June 27, 2022, the National Center for PTSD is launching National PTSD Screening Day, encouraging veterans and others who have trauma to start the conversation about recovery. Learning whether you have symptoms that might be PTSD is an important step to getting the treatment you deserve.

What is a PTSD screen?

A PTSD screen, or screening questionnaire, is a short set of questions. The screen helps you understand if your feelings and behaviors are related to PTSD. One screening questionnaire is the Primary Care PTSD Checklist, or PC-PTSD-5. The PC-PTSD-5 is only five questions. After confirming you experienced a serious trauma, it asks how that event may have affected the way you’ve felt or acted in the past month.

After taking the PC-PTSD-5, you add up your “yes” answers. If your score is three or more, you may have PTSD. The next step is to schedule an appointment to speak with a health care provider.

If you answered yes to one or two questions, and are bothered by your symptoms, you can still make an appointment. A health care provider can help you make a plan to manage the things that continue to bother you since the trauma.

Click here for more information and to find PTSD resources.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking eligible veterans to participate in a research study of a new treatment for moral injury at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, NY.

This study is an randomized clinical trial of a therapy for moral injury called Impact of Killing (IOK).  The entire study can be completed remotely if preferred.  It is appropriate for veterans who are experiencing distress related to killing or feeling responsible for the death of others.  Participants may have subthreshold PTSD.  IOK is being compared with Present Centered Therapy, so veterans will get an active treatment regardless of randomization. 

The treatment is a 10 week program of 90 minute sessions.

Reimbursement of up to $285 for completing interviews and questionnaires, and providing feedback. There are no guaranteed benefits from this research.

For more information and to sign up to participate, contact:

Carolyn McLeod

1-718-741-4000 ext. 2583

The US Department of Veterans Affairs has a mobile app to help those suffering from PTSD. 

The PTSD Coach app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma. Features include:

Reliable information on PTSD and treatments that work

Tools for screening and tracking your symptoms

Convenient, easy-to-use tools to help you handle stress symptoms

Direct links to support and help

Always with you when you need it

Together with professional medical treatment, PTSD Coach provides you with resources you can trust. If you have, or think you might have PTSD, this app is for you. Family and friends can also learn about PTSD and coping from this app.

Click here for more information.

The VA's National Center for PTSD has developed PTSD Treatment Decision Aid, an online tool.  Use it to compare treatment options and create a personalized summary of your preferences.

During Mental Health Awareness Month, Minority Vets wants to check in on its community. Your feedback gives them valuable data on how they can best serve the community and how they can effectively strive to change the system, especially in the realm of veteran mental health.

Can they count on you to help us fight for change?

Take the survey here.

May is Mental Health Month.  The US Deparment of Veterans Affairs encourages you to Make the Connection, this month and throughout the year, with veterans who understand your struggles because they've been there too.  Discover how veterans like you have overcome life's challenges. 

Don't be afraid to reach out.  Make the Connection today!

You can also find local support resources here.

Northwell Health's Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families (UBHC) will offer a webinar, Parenting Skills, as part of their monthly education and peer support, on Friday, August 19, 12pm EDT.

For more information, or to register please call 1-631-647-2530 or email [email protected]

Click here to learn more about the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families.

Northwell Health's Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families (UBHC) will offer a webinar, Effective Communication, as part of their monthly education and peer support, on Tuesday, July 5, 12pm EDT.

For more information, or to register please call 1-631-647-2530 or email [email protected]

Click here to learn more about the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families.

Northwell Health's Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families (UBHC) will offer a webinar, Parenting Skills, as part of their monthly education and peer support, on Tuesday, August 2, 12pm EDT.

For more information, or to register please call 1-631-647-2530 or email [email protected]

Click here to learn more about the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families.

Northwell Health's Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families (UBHC) will offer a webinar, Effective Communication, as part of their monthly education and peer support, on Friday, July 22, 12pm EDT.

For more information, or to register please call 1-631-647-2530 or email [email protected]

Click here to learn more about the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families.