Reporting Highlights
Mental Health Staff Losses: Hundreds of mental health professionals left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office.
Veterans Left Adrift: Veterans are facing an array of problems: They can’t get the VA to call them back, they see trusted therapists leave and they can wait as long as six months for therapy.
Providers Feel the Strain: Mental health workers told ProPublica they left their jobs because of increased work loads, ethical concerns and new policies that they say undermined care.
These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
