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is an educational device designed to easily and quickly help Combat Vets recognize the post deployment problems they’re having, then provide them with immediate suggestions for how to start getting help with these problems. The device does not offer therapy, but it does help provide a simple, totally private, way for Combat Veterans to recognize when therapy may be needed.
Many of our returning Veterans, particularly from Iraq and Afghanistan, are getting home with psychological wounds that need immediate attention. Most of these men and women do not understand why they feel as they do and why they are having so many problems adjusting to their old lives. They need the counseling available at VA hospitals, Vet Centers, on line, and on military-provided suicide hot lines, but frequently do not recognize their problems or will not admit them, even to the people they are closest to. Many Vets totally rule out any kind of counseling.
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| Here's an unsolicited comment from a NG YRRP Support Specialist: "The AnswerRing is, in my opinion, a God-given gyro of a tool in the midst of a post-war deployment valley of desolation." |
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The Combat Veterans AnswerRing® system allows Vets to dial in one of many common problems; then dial in how this problem makes them feel; dial in what their reaction is to this problem; and finally dial in what they think about doing next. This process covers a huge range of possibilities (117,000 different scenarios) in a matter of minutes, and it is totally private.
Ideally, the AnswerRing® will be provided to Veterans by the military upon discharge; upon return from deployment; and to Veterans of past conflicts. The AnswerRing® engages the Veteran without the Veteran even thinking he/she needs any help. To take this first step all the Vet has to do is pick up the AnswerRing® and turn the dials on the front. When the AnswerRing® is flipped over, the detailed problem described on the front is specifically answered on the back. The recommendations range from explanations of help available, to specific hot line phone numbers and web sites, to acknowledgement that these problems are shared by many others.
The AnswerRing®’s suggested website references include:
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