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Suicide Prevention in Community Care: The C-SSRS and What Comes Next
Veteran suicide rates exceed non-veteran rates, and the highest-risk window for many veterans is the months following separation from service or a major life transition. Community care providers see those veterans. The clinical work in those visits is some of the most consequential a community clinician will do.
PACT Act Presumptive Conditions: A Clinical Reading Guide
The PACT Act expanded VA's presumptive service-connection list to cover toxic exposures across multiple service eras. For community clinicians, that.....
Treating Veteran Patients in Community Care: What Every Clinician Should Know
PTSD presentations the textbooks miss. Military Sexual Trauma. PACT Act toxic exposures. Suicide screening that actually works. The clinical shorthand.....
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