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NAMI Veterans Resource Center Launched

November 09, 2007 By: Administrator Category: Health No Comments →

Posted by Diana Hamilton

November 6, 2007

Arlington, VA- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has established an online Veterans Resource Center to help support active duty military personnel, veterans and their families facing serious mental illnesses such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and schizophrenia.

“We are a nation at war,” said NAMI executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. “The war includes mental illness. Many veterans who return from active duty face a second war at home, confronting profound mental health problems. Their families also are affected.” (more…)