Mission

The Mental Health Services mission is to maintain and improve the health and well-being of Veterans through excellence in health care, social services, education, and research.

Intended Audience

The Mental Health Services internet site is intended to serve Veterans, their family members, mental health clinicians, VA staff, affiliated mental health associations and the community.

Overview

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides specialty inpatient and outpatient mental health services at its medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics. In addition, readjustment counseling services are available for Veterans and their families at Vet Centers across the nation. All mental health care provided by VHA supports recovery, striving to enable a person with mental health problems to live a meaningful life in their community and achieve full potential.

Guide to VA Mental Health Services for Veterans & Families
English / Spanish

If you are a Veteran, Veteran family member, member of a Veterans Service Organization, or member of another group interested in VA mental health care you can use this handbook to learn what mental health services your local or regional VA health care facility has pledged to provide to Veterans.

Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Program Evaluation: Capstone Report

This is the first public report of the conclusions of a comprehensive program evaluation of mental health services in VHA conducted under a contract awarded by VA’s Office of Policy and Planning (OPP-008). The study began in 2006 and was concluded in November 2010. It concludes that as of 2008, most quality indicators showed good care that was comparable to or better than the care for comparable privately insured patients, but that there was room for improvement, especially to reduce variability across the system and to ensure delivery of evidence-based treatments. The evaluation is considered the largest and most comprehensive systematic assessment of a mental health system ever undertaken.

Mental Health Liaison Roster

Provides a listing of the Mental Health Liaisons at each VISN. When emailing the liaisons, please do not include any personal health information or SSNs.