“A Different Kind of Courage” (Promo)

Department of Defense Launches New Video to Encourage Help-Seeking for Psychological Health “A Different Kind of Courage: Safeguarding and Enhancing Your Psychological Health” is a new educational video depicting how service members and their families may be affected by combat and deployment stress. Featuring interviews with military mental health experts and chaplains, as well as personal stories by service and family members, the video explores issues of concern such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), alcohol abuse, nightmares, hypervigilance, exposure to violence, emotional numbness, and difficulties faced when a loved one is deployed. The video is a new component of the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program (MHSAP), a DoD funded initiative that offers service personnel and their family members the opportunity to take anonymous mental health and alcohol self-assessments online, via telephone, and at special events held at installations worldwide. The program is designed to help individuals identify their own symptoms and access assistance before a problem becomes serious. The self-assessments are available 24/7 online or via the telephone at www.MilitaryMentalHealth.org and 1-877-877-3647.