Department of Defense Report To Congress About ‘Mental Health Counselors For Servicemembers, Veterans, And Their Families’

This document was released on April 17, 2015 by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in response to the Senate Report 113-44, page 133, accompanying S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014, "Mental Health Counselors for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families." The report provides mental health professional staffing data and a joint DoD and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) response that describes a coordinated, unified plan to ensure adequate mental health counseling resources to address the long-term needs of all members of the Armed forces, veterans, and their families . . .