inTransition Program for Service Members
August 2011
Dear PSA Director,
Transitions in military service
can be challenging. Any transition - a call to active
duty, relocation or other event - can take a toll. Service
members presented with such transition challenges while
receiving mental health treatment may need extra resources.
The inTransition program
provides coaching support for service members receiving
mental health treatment. It is designed to make sure
service members are given the necessary resources to
maintain treatment gains, connect with an ongoing provider
and achieve positive health outcomes.
To help educate service members,
veterans, National Guard and Reserve members and their
families about its coaching resources, the inTransition
program has launched a public service announcement campaign.
inTransition coaches are
master's-level behavioral health clinicians who understand
today's military culture and issues. They can provide
telephone coaching on how to change providers at the
time of transfer or discharge; provide referral support
and new provider follow-up; and provide crisis intervention
when necessary. Coaches are available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, and are accessible from any location.
To help service members in
your area, please place these PSAs in heavy rotation
through September 21, 2011. For more information on
the inTransition Program, please visit www.health.mil/inTransition
or call their confidential, toll-free number at (800)
424-7877.
Thank you in advance for your
support.
Sincerely,
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Jennifer Heuer
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inTransition Program
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:30 "MAZE"
PSA SCRIPT
FACING A CHANGE
OF STATUS CAN BE CONFUSING FOR ANY SERVICE MEMBER. CALL
TO ACTIVE DUTY, RELOCATION, DISCHARGE - THEY ALL HAVE
THEIR CHALLENGES. BUT WHEN A SERVICE MEMBER IS ALSO
RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, THE CHALLENGES MULTIPLY.
THE INTRANSITION PROGRAM CAN HELP. SERVICE MEMBERS RECEIVE
A PERSONAL COACH, WHO CAN OFFER ACCESS TO IMPORTANT
RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE THE SERVICE MEMBER TO START
AND STAY ON TRACK WITH THEIR NEW PROVIDER.
:30 "INSIGHTS
- FAMILIES" PSA SCRIPT
I DIDN'T TELL
ANYONE, BUT I WAS CONCERNED. I COULD TELL. WHEN HE GOT
HIS NEW ORDERS AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE, WE
ALL WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD DO TO HIS TREATMENT. IT TOOK
REAL STRENGTH TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND THERE I WAS HAVING TO START WITH A NEW
PROVIDER. THEN MY DOCTOR REFERRED ME TO THE INTRANSITION
PROGRAM. MY INTRANSITION COACH HELPED ME IDENTIFY RESOURCES
I NEEDED IN OUR NEW LOCATION. AND MADE SURE THAT HE
STARTED AND STAYED ON TRACK WITH HIS NEW PROVIDER.
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