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Mental Health Awareness Month: Reach Out

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4/17/2023
Reaching out is a sign of strength.  May is Mental Health Awareness Month #DefendYourMentalHealth

MHS providers are used to giving it their all. Providers need help just like everyone else. Reaching out is a sign of strength. #DefendYourMH https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Psychological-Health-Center-of-Excellence/PHCoE-Clinician-Resources/Understanding-Burnout

Mental Health Awareness Month: Language

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4/17/2023
Language is a powerful tool in the battle against mental health stigma. May is Mental Health Awareness Month #DefendYourMentalHealth

Language is a powerful tool in the battle against mental health stigma. The words we choose when describing mental disorders have a real impact on individuals struggling with these conditions #DefendYourMH https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Psychological-Health-Center-of-Excellence/Clinicians-Corner-Blog/The-Power-of-Words-in-the-Battle-Against-Mental-Health-Stigma

Mental Health Awareness Month: Stigma

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4/17/2023
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The language we’ve used to describe mental disorders and substance use disorders have likely contributed to their stigma. This Clinician’s Corner blog from @PHCoE describes new steps taken to combat those effects. #DefendYourMH https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Psychological-Health-Center-of-Excellence/Clinicians-Corner-Blog/The-Power-of-Words-in-the-Battle-Against-Mental-Health-Stigma

Defense Public Health Psychologist Offers Tips to Help Children Cope With Change

Article Around MHS
4/17/2023
Defense Public Health experts say it’s important for parents to maintain a healthy and active attachment with their children by spending at least 20 minutes a day together. This can help military kids and families cope with life changes, like military moves. (Graphic illustration by Graham Snodgrass)

While military kids get to experience many unique and exciting things, they also face many challenges as a result of their parents' service. We've got some expert advice for military parents whose children are adjusting to new schools, separations during their deployments, and other coping skills for military kids to thrive.

U.S. Army Colonel Says it’s OK to Take a Knee with Breast Cancer

Article Around MHS
4/17/2023
In 2020 , U.S. Army Col Theresa Lewis, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through treatment, but keeping a leadership role working long hours like she was used to became increasingly difficult. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Army Col. Theresa Lewis, a registered nurse, spent the last 29 years taking care of soldiers. “I was a private at Fort Stewart and my dream was to return to Fort Stewart to retire there.” She did come back to Fort Stewart as the deputy commander of nursing of Winn Army Community Hospital.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Mom & Me Program Provides Specialized Support to Military Families

Article Around MHS
4/17/2023
Audrey Sundbye, a certified lactation consultant at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital,  checks the weight of U.S. Army Spc. Jaqueline Kerchner’s baby following his feeding at a Mom & Me meeting in the hospital on March 20. Mom & Me provides breastfeeding mothers of infants age newborn to 12 months, walk-in access to the hospital’s lactation consultants. (Photo: Maria Christina Yager, Blanchfield Army Medical Hospital)

There was a party recently during Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s breastfeeding support group, Mom & Me. Group moms and babies gathered round in support and a dinosaur birthday cake was nearby. The Mom & Me program connects and provides breastfeeding mothers with lactation consultants.

Purple Up Day 2023: DHA Honors Military Kids

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4/14/2023
Purple Up Day 2023: DHA Honors Military Kids

DHA Honors Military Kids by wearing purple on Purple Up Day 2023.

Aerospace Medicine Branch Enhances Airmen Psychological Performance

Article Around MHS
4/14/2023
From left: Aeromedical and Operational Clinical Psychology, or AOCP, branch members Dr. Ivan Colin-Rivera, Lt. Col. Kristen Galloway, Dr. Rachael Martinez, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Thompson and Somtirtha Bag at a team event in the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, at High Bay at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.  (Photo by Jeremy Ward, U.S. Air Force)

The office of Aeromedical Operational and Clinical Psychology, or AOCP, offers aerospace and operational clinical consultation for units throughout the U.S. Air Force and has done so for over a decade.

Future of Nursing is Bright, Says Chief Nursing Officer Simonson

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4/13/2023
Future of Nursing is Bright, Says Chief Nursing Officer Simonson

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Katherine Simonson, Defense Health Agency chief nursing officer and acting assistant director for support, awards a challenge coin to Imelda “Med” Richter, a registered nurse at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, on April 13, 2023. Richter works in the hospital’s ambulatory procedures unit and post-anesthesia care unit. Simonson visited military hospitals and clinics to speak with nurses and nursing leaders as the Military Health System works to elevate the practice and profession of nursing. (Courtesy photo)

Get Advice From a Nurse 24/7

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4/13/2023
Get Advice From a Nurse 24/7

With the coming of spring, the temperatures warm and the tempo of life picks up. Amid the busyness of these warmer months, the potential for minor injuries and health concerns may increase. It’s good to know that you have all-the-time access to health information and advice via the Military Health System Nurse Advice Line.

The Medical Test and Evaluation Activity Test a Redesigned Medical Auto-Injector at Camp Bullis

Article Around MHS
4/13/2023
A soldier wearing mission oriented protective posture gear prepares to test the Advanced Anticonvulsant System, Rafa Midazolam Auto-Injector on a fellow soldier at Camp Bullis, Texas. (Photo by Tristan English, Joint Base San Antonio)

The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Medical Test and Evaluation Activity conducted a customer test of an auto-injector single use, self-containing needle-based injection system for the Joint Program Executive Office - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Defense – Medical. The test was conducted at Camp Bullis, Texas during the last week of March 2023.

Like a Cable Boss: Connecting Medical Technology

Article Around MHS
4/12/2023
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrea President, a medical information service systems technician, 379th EMDSS, demonstrates using a cable testing device at the 379th EMDG radiology lab at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Bayard Lewis)

Inspecting and connecting tiny wires may seem like a small task, but it’s one that has a big effect on medical care that military patients receive in deployed locations like Qatar.

Q&A: Getting Urgent Care With TRICARE

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4/11/2023
Q&A: Getting Urgent Care With TRICARE

Getting sick or injured is never convenient. Fortunately, getting urgent care can take away some of the inconvenience of minor illnesses and injuries.

Navy Entomology Center of Excellence Arms the Department of Defense’s Experts in the Fight for Public Health

Article Around MHS
4/11/2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Deanna Scheff (left) receiving pesticide application training from U.S. Air Force Ensign Benfry DeJesus (right) during the largest inter-agency pesticide certification course delivered in nearly five years on Naval Air Station Jacksonville. (Photo by U.S. Navy Lt. Nicholas Johnston)

Navy Entomology Center of Excellence staff trained and equipped active duty preventive medicine and civilian pest control personnel representing U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army during the largest inter-agency pesticide certification course delivered in nearly five years on Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 23.

Reserve Health Readiness Program Services Determined by Branch

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4/10/2023
Reserve Health Readiness Program Services Determined by Branch

The Reserve Health Readiness Program, or RHRP, is a key enabler to that priority. Leaders across the services see the value of the program to support military readiness by maintaining key deployment requirements.

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