How to find the new PTSD therapies for vets
This week on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley showed viewers an extraordinary look at cutting-edge therapies for veterans with PTSD. These new therapies are now being offered at VA hospitals across the country.
For a state-by-state directory of PTSD treatment programs at VA hospitals, click on this link and enter your address OR click on your state inside the map to find a facility near you.
To find a therapist outside the VA system, click on the link below and fill in your city, state, and zip code, check the box that says Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and scroll down to the SEARCH box and hit enter:
www.abct.org/Members/?m=FindTherapist&fa=FT_Form&nolm=1
To find further information about PTSD, treatments, and other resources go to the National Center for PTSD
If you are in crisis and need immediate help, go to this link www.veteranscrisisline.net and call 1-800-273-TALK and press 1.
Why did the veterans in this week's 60 Minutes story allow our camera crew to film their gut-wrenching therapy sessions and air them on national television? Watch the video above, originally published Nov. 24, 2013, for a conversation with the 60 Minutes team that shot and produced the story.