Military Pathways® offers anonymous mental health screenings
year-round, by phone or online
Screening for Mental Health® (SMH), a leading provider of mental
health screening programs, is launching a new online screening tool, and with
it a new name for its military mental health program.
Military Pathways (formerly the Mental Health
Self-Assessment Program® ) now includes a multitude
of educational offerings for military members and their families. Created by
SMH in 2006, the program is funded by the Department of Defense and is provided
free to all service personnel in all branches, including the National Guard and
Reserve. This summer, Military
Pathways will launch a new online self-assessment program that will feature
innovative visuals allowing for increased usability and also provide users with
more personalized referral information (preview the
new online screening tool).
Military Pathways offers service personnel and their families the opportunity to
take anonymous, mental health and alcohol use self-assessments online, via the
phone, and through special events held at military installations across the
world. The program is designed to help individuals identify their own symptoms
and access assistance before a situation becomes serious. These free
assessments, which are available online 24 hours a day, identify symptoms
associated with mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), depression, generalized anxiety disorder, alcohol use, and bipolar
disorder. The assessments also provide referral information to individuals,
including services provided by TRICARE, Military OneSource, and Vet Centers.
In addition to the self-assessments, Military Pathways offers a variety of
additional resources including: in-person event kits to help installations
conduct health fair type activities, a Family Resiliency Kit designed to
educate family members about coping with the stress of deployment, an SOS Signs
of Suicide® Prevention Program for schools serving
military children in the U.S. and overseas, and A Different Kind of Courage DVD
created to encourage help-seeking among service members and their families.
“Each day we witness the challenges military life presents to our service
members and their families,” said Liz Sisto, Military Pathways Program
Coordinator and wife of a former Marine. “While it is unfortunate that the
stigma associated with mental health issues is still prevalent in our society,
we owe it to our military families to provide them with resources to address
all of their wounds – both physical and emotional – and remind them that facing
personal struggles is a sign of courage.”
Visit Military Pathways online to learn more
about the program or to register for any of these free materials.