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The VA is using technology more and more to reach out to military personnel who have suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as traumatic brain injuries.
Says General Peter W. Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff, “This generation sometimes opens up much better through ‘Skype’ and other digital technology rather than by sitting across the table from a mental health care provider.”
This consumer-based technology along with the VA’s suicide hotline developed last year, also enables the agency to more easily communicate with military personnel who may be in geographically remote areas and who are difficult to reach.