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VA Announces Action Plan

• Recognize mental health programs as uniquely important to veterans' overall health care.
  
• Develop a system of care committed to providing equal importance and access to quality medical and mental health care.
  
• Understand and value mental health as a public health issue requiring screening, prevention, and treatment programs as components of care.
  
• Commit to recovery-based, veteran- and family-centered mental health programs.
  
• Use best-practice and evidence-based interventions to promote the highest quality of care.
  
• Ensure that collaborative care models are incorporated into the VA's primary care team structure.
  
• Promote research programs based on recovery and finding means to prevent and cure mental illness.
  
• Require cultural competence and diversity in the VA's programs and staff. For VA staff, a critical additional requirement for cultural competence is knowledge about military culture, veterans' experiences in different combat eras, and their impact on veterans' health.
  
• Strive for continuous improvement in care for veterans with serious mental illness, including substance abuse disorders, and those who are homeless.
  

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