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Community health care centers pick up slack for VA

Communities in Texas and all across the nation are feeling the strain of the VA's lack of sufficient mental health care services for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to the El Paso Times.

El Paso is struggling to keep up with a high demand by veterans seeking help for mental health problems. The nearby Beaumont Army Medical Center regularly refers patients to community health centers in El Paso - a community health system already battling a lack of $2 million in funding.

The VA currently operates one residential mental health center in Texas, however the waiting list for care is two months. There is a minimum three-week wait to see at family therapist at Fort Bliss.

Nearly 300,000 of the 1.6million military personnel that have deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan have stress disorders or are suffering from severe depression.

Read more about the need for more military mental health care facilities.

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