Military Mental Health w/ Dr. Aikins

<p>In this episode, we welcome on Dr. Deane Aikins. Deane is a civilian doctor and clinical psychologist researcher who has worked in active duty combat stress, risk, and resilience for the past twenty years. He spends a lot of time trying to figure out why service members don’t want to talk to a therapist and how to do a better job of that. Deane also works as intake and admitting doc for the VA Detroit substance use and suicide prevention programs and consults in violence risk evaluations, trying to gauge an employee's risk of harm to self and or others. In his free time, he does endurance events for a charity involving children, Veterans, or both.</p> <p>Honestly, this may be one of the most impactful episodes we've ever done, and we're sure that this episode will be full of some great nuggets!</p> <p>Sit back, grab a drink, and listen in as Dr. Aikins talks to us about mental health and active military/veterans.</p> <p> </p> <p>Be sure to follow us at @healthunfilteredpod where you can keep up to date and connect with Brooke, Nicole, and Rogelio!</p> <p> </p> <p>Logo design: Anne-Claire Houck @anneclaire_1217</p> <p>Intro/Outro music: Kenyadda @kenyadda</p>