Veteran Mental Health: What Actually Helps | Dr. Sharon Birman

Veteran mental health, PTSD, chronic pain and what actually helps. Richard Taite talks with Dr. Sharon Birman, a clinical psychologist who has spent more than a decade training the clinicians who care for service members, veterans and military families.This episode is part of our salute to National Veterans and Military Families Month.They cover how pain, trauma and isolation overlap, why military culture can make it harder to ask for help, what the research says about reducing access to lethal means, and how anyone, not just a clinician, can support someone who is struggling.If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Veterans press 1, or text 838255). This episode is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice.Richard also shares his dollar-for-dollar match, up to $25,000, for the CDC Foundation's COPE prevention campaign: cdcfoundation.org/copeWe're Out of Time is consistently ranked #1 in Mental Health on Apple Podcasts. New episodes every Tuesday.