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Stress is real, and it can be a killer. Federal workers are not immune to job-related stress, and many occupy jobs that cause high levels of stress. So several agencies have employee assistance programs.
In today's Federal Newscast, the White House says it's considering a new approach to helping agencies adopt artificial intelligence.
At the Department of Veterans Affairs, vets applying for mental health-related benefits can have their claims processed in a minute, instead of two months.
By now there have been plenty of stories about the hardships the longest government shutdown in history created for the federal workforce. But new research from Weber State University is among the first to try to quantify the impacts.
In today's Federal Newscast, two bills to protect federal employees' health insurance benefits during future government shutdowns advanced to the full House for a vote.
For law enforcement officers, good mental health is just as important as physical health, though it seldom gets the same attention.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its telehealth reach coverage to fill critical gaps in areas including mental health and primary care.
The Veteran Affairs Department has been told it can help stem the rise in veteran suicides by speeding the hiring process for mental health workers.
VA's REACH Vet program uses predictive analytics to alert clinicians of veterans who may be at greater risk of suicide.
AMVETS is taking matters into its own hands and has commissioned a licensed clinical team to help its members with mental health problems.
The Veterans Affairs Administration is working with veterans service organizations to try to help them find mental health care.
Retired Army Green Beret Brian Anderson joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the importance of a plan to ensure access to mental health treatment for new veterans.
The Veterans Affairs Department said it's having trouble meeting its hiring goal of 1,000 new mental health professionals by the end of the year.
How would a Republican-backed health care bill affect mental health programs in the US? Find out this week when Ron Honberg joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access. May 12, 2017