The Soldiers and Veterans Initiative (SVI) adds a psychoanalytic voice to the public’s response to a growing mental health crisis among soldiers, veterans and their families -a crisis that is widely recognized by policy and mental health experts. In response to this public health emergency, APsaA President Prudence Gourguechon, has declared this Initiative. APsaA’s SVI emphasizes two core contributions that psychoanalysts can make in the context of this crisis:
– a focus on the impact of war on families and children, including across generations, and
– a focus on the need for long term treatment and/or long term access to treatment for war injuries.