Veterans Mates: ‘At Ease’ - promoting mental fitness
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Veterans’ MATES project team have recently released the forty-first module for the Veterans’ MATES project. The therapeutic brief, ‘At Ease’ – promoting mental fitness, provides information to help identify those veterans who may benefit from professional support or treatment, self-help strategies and general information about mental health and wellbeing.
The veteran brochure, Talking about Mental Fitness – its OK, discusses ways to maintain mental fitness and emotional wellbeing and advocates talking to a GP about seeking extra support when needed. It also directs veterans to number of additional useful resources about mental fitness. In mid-April it was mailed to veteran patients who are aged 55 years or younger, living in the community and who are not receiving ongoing psychiatric support.
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The brief and brochure can be downloaded from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Veterans' MATES website.