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Veterans Affairs Mental Health Staff To Rise By 1,900
April 19, 2012 by NewsBot
The Department of Veterans Affairs is to add 1,600 mental health clinicians and 300 support staff to its existing total of 20,590 mental health staff, said Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The additional clinicians include social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and nurses. Shinseki said this increase forms part of an ongoing review of mental health operations. Eric K...