VA PTSD Programs and Vet Centers

The VA has set up specialized PTSD treatment programs as well as community clinics (Readjustment Counseling Service "Vet Centers") in more than 200 locations across the United States. Providing Vet Centers is one way VA is making better care more available. Several Vet Centers are located within reservation tribal communities, so veterans don't have to travel hundreds of miles for counseling and other services. Vet Center staff often seek out veterans in schools, homeless shelters, addiction rehabilitation programs and support groups, and prisons - where many veterans struggling with PTSD can be found. Vet Centers are often staffed by counselors who themselves are American Indian or Alaska Native veterans.