US EditionTrump team harms VA mental health system
- The Trump administration has mandated that thousands of mental health providers work in federal office spaces instead of remotely, disrupting services at the VA, which already faced staffing shortages.
- Mental health providers are concerned that the new office arrangements violate patient privacy, with some filing complaints regarding ethics regulations.
- The VA plans to eliminate 80,000 jobs, resulting in layoffs and reduced services for veterans, who face a higher suicide risk than the general population.
- VA spokesperson Peter Kasperowicz defended the new policy, stating, 'The VA will make accommodations as needed so employees have enough space to work and comply with industry standards for privacy.
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Trump's back-to-office order will hurt veterans, VA docs and therapists say
The Department of Veterans Affairs embraced telehealth, especially for mental health care, in recent years. Now, staffers hired to give therapy and other health care remotely are ordered to do it from offices lacking privacy, VA clinicians told NPR.
Trump and DOGE propel VA mental health system into turmoil | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Late in February, as the Trump administration ramped up its quest to transform the federal government, a psychiatrist who treats veterans was directed to her new workstation — and was incredulous.
Trump and DOGE propel VA mental health system into turmoil
By Ellen Barry, Nicholas Nehamas and Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times Late in February, as the Trump administration ramped up its quest to transform the federal government, a psychiatrist who treats veterans was directed to her new workstation — and was incredulous. She was required, under a new return-to-office policy, to conduct virtual psychotherapy with her patients from one of 13 cubicles in a large open office space, the kind of setup …
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