Many military men and women who served our country carry with their invisible wounds.
Those wounds are mental health issues connected to time served on the battlefront that surface on the homefront.
The mental health toll that’s taken by deployment can linger long after active duty. Advocates for veterans are working to make services more accessible to support their mental well-being.
Many veterans turn to the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center to meet their physical needs. But there’s a need met that’s just as great: treatment for PTSD, depression, grief, anger, or trauma.
“Most of them go through traumatic experiences as part of their mission, their assignments, their tour of duties. So, we have to be trauma-informed to understand the struggles they go through,” stated Arlene Martinez-Nieto, MD Chief of Psychiatry at Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.