US EditionMedical staff shortages impeding VA mental health care, advocates tell lawmakers
- 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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Medical staff shortages impeding VA mental health care, advocates tell lawmakers
Chronic medical staffing shortages at the Department of Veterans Affairs make it difficult for the most ill patients with mental health conditions to see psychiatrists in a timely manner, according to Shankar Yalamanchili, a former VA psychiatrist now in private practice.
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What will happen if disabled veterans lose everything? What happens when they can no longer access mental health care? I have lived this fear every day since the inauguration.For longer than two decades, between 2008 and 2022, twenty-two veterans a day committed suicide. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) annual report on the suicide epidemic in veteran population has shown a decrease in these numbers since 2022, the number dropping from 22 t
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nprTrump'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.
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