| GAH Offers Free Mental Health Services to Military and Civilian Personnel Serving in Haiti |
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Give an Hour™ has expanded its free mental health services to all military personnel and civilian aid workers, as well as their families, serving in Haiti.
While up to now Give an Hour™’s focus has been on providing free counseling and other mental health services to military members, veterans, their families, and their communities who are experiencing the psychological effects of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Give an Hour™ will expand its reach to include military and civilian personnel who have been called to duty in Haiti. Currently, there are more than 4,600 providers nationwide in the Give an Hour™ network.
“As our nation learned following the September 11 attacks, relief workers are often understandably traumatized by the experience of assisting in the aftermath of a disaster. Those of us in the mental health community must now do our part to assist these relief workers— military and civilian—by making ourselves available to those who have stepped up to provide relief following the devastation in Haiti,” explains Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, founder and president of Give an Hour™.
For the complete GAH press release on this development, please click here.
For related news from partner mental health organizations, please visit njmhca.org and pamhca.org. |
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| Source: GAH
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