Northwell Health, Northport VAMC Collaboration On Behavioral Health Services

The US Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) and Northwell Health have joined forces to provide behavioral health services to veterans and their families in Bay Shore, NY. The resulting Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and Their Families' (UBHC) goal is to help entire families cope with the emotional stress that can accompany veterans returning home from combat – from both recent tours of duty and the wars of earlier generations. The UBHC could serve as a blueprint for the VA to pursue similar public/private partnerships with local health care providers regionally and nationally.

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