Welcome to the Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site
The Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site (WWRC) is a Department of Defense Web site which provides wounded Service Members, their families, and caregivers with information they need on military facilities, health care services, and benefits. It supports access to the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com.
Depression
Information is in alphabetical order
- AfterDeployment.org A mental wellness resource for service members, veterans and military families that provides a variety of behavioral health information.
- Dealing with Depression Learn about the causes and signs of depression. Offers an assessment, an electronic-library, game-based simulations and narrator-guided self-help workshops.
- Depression in Primary Care Addresses the impact of depression on members of the military and their families, and the importance of the primary care setting for helping in its early identification and intervention. Document is in .pdf format.
- Dual Diagnosis Fact Sheet Provides basic information about dual diagnosis. A person who has both an alcohol or drug problem and an emotional/psychiatric problem is said to have a dual diagnosis. Find help in your state.
- Give an Hour - Free Mental Health Services Provides free mental health services nationwide by mental health professionals who literally give an hour of their time each week to military personnel and their families.
- Let's Talk Trained staff comprised of compassionate clinicians can assist with difficulties such as nightmares, flashbacks, irritability, anger, depression, family problems or an overall sense of not being the same since returning from deployment.
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Information from the Deployment Health Clinical Center on MDD, a serious public health problem that must be diagnosed in a timely manner for effective treatment by health care providers.
- Mental Health America (MHA) Affiliate Directory Local MHA affiliates in your state can help you find support groups in your area.
- Mental Health Screening Tool Anonymous self-assessments are available for depression, bipolar disorder, alcohol use, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder. Results and resources are listed at the end of each assessment.
- Self-Management for Patients with Depression What you and your family should know about depression. Document is in .pdf format.
- Signs of Service Member's Depression Help in spotting depression and when you should seek treatment.
- What Military Families Should Know about Depression Fact sheet on depression including symptoms and health tips.
- When the Letdown Doesn't Let Up Discusses signs that may mean it is time to seek help after returning from deployment and trying to transition to daily life.
WWRC Call Center 1-800-342-9647
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If you would like to speak to a trained specialist at the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center email wwrc@militaryonesource.com
