By Ian Graham
People complain about stress daily, and treatment for stress has become a large industry within the mental health field. But few know stress as well as servicemembers, who routinely face long workdays, intense physical activity and high operational tempo – not to mention the risks of being deployed to a war zone.
U.S. Navy Capt. Lori A. Laraway, coordinator of the U.S. Navy’s Operational Stress Control (OSC) Program and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bonnie R. Chavez, Navy’s Behavioral Health Program Manager Navy Suicide Prevention and OSC policies, spoke to bloggers during a DoDLive Blogger’s Roundtable Dec. 10 about the mental health issues sailors face and how the Navy works to prevent and remedy them.
To listen to the audio from the roundtable, click here.
To read the transcript from the roundtable, click here.
To read the article, visit Defense.gov, click here.
