500 Returning Service Members to Gain Access to Cutting Edge Online Mental Health Care Tool during Veterans Day Launch

This coming Veterans Day; November 11th, 2009, Prevail Health Solutions, LLC will provide up to five hundred United States Veterans the opportunity to sign up and take part in a six week online mental health program at www.VetsPrevail.com. The convenient and completely anonymous program promotes resiliency against developing deployment related mental health issues including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression while assisting with re-integration into civilian life. This important Veterans Day campaign, entitled “WE Prevail,” is sponsored by Major League Baseball and the McCormick Foundation, who have supported this effort through a grant to the Veterans’ Corporation, Inc. However, the call for this heavily needed program does not stop at 500 Vets.

 

“The current mental health care crisis facing our service members is a very real problem with very real consequences. As a veteran-owned company, we have a personal stake in the matter and intend to make our solution available without ever charging a veteran or military family member,” says Richard Gengler, CEO and Co Founder of Vets Prevail. “We are seeking additional funding so we can keep going until every Veteran is taken care of – long after Veterans Day.”

 

University research has shown that although mental health care is available through the Veterans Administration, less than a quarter of veterans actually receive it, either because they refuse to seek help or do not have practical access. However, through comprehensive training tools combined with the convenience, anonymity and vast power of the Internet, Veterans will now be able to privately practice exercises specifically geared towards acclimating them to the world at home. There are no waiting rooms and there is zero risk of embarrassment.

 

Following its Veterans Day launch, other highly useful tools will be available at VetsPrevail.com such as the online Veteran Community, where veteran and veteran supporters can Connect, Commit and Prevail.  The Community will feature forums, blogs and multimedia content.  This will provide a supportive environment where veterans and supporters can go for information and advice regarding all post deployment needs.

 

Prevail Health Solutions, LLC is a Health 2.0 company founded in January 2008 by Richard Gengler and Roger Sweis, then MBA students at University of Chicago.  The company was created to provide effective and accessible mental health care to the growing number of soldiers and National Guard members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Gengler, a former US Navy pilot, and Sweis, the former CEO of Oak Forest Psychological Services, combined their backgrounds to create a unique delivery model to bring mental health resources to returning troops.

 

Awareness for “WE Prevail” is being generated through online forums, blogs and social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Additionally, “You’re Not Alone,” a viral video promoting a call to action was produced and lays out the need for Vets Prevail. It is being circulated throughout the web in efforts to attract the 500 Veteran recruits who will benefit from the initial roll-out of the Vets Prevail program.

 

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