{"id":24424,"date":"2025-05-27T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24424"},"modified":"2025-05-27T08:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:27:11","slug":"veteran-sheds-light-on-the-importance-of-mental-health-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24424","title":{"rendered":"Veteran sheds light on the importance of mental health research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Army Veteran Bryan Billups, mental health has always been a priority. From serving as a paratrooper in the first Gulf War to working in the federal government, Billups\u2019 life experiences have brought to light the importance of taking care of both physical and mental health. For Veterans especially, Billups recognizes the value of joining research programs like VA\u2019s Million Veteran Program (MVP) to help improve the future of Veteran mental health care.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/140303\/veteran-sheds-light-on-mental-health-research\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/140303\/veteran-sheds-light-on-mental-health-research\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width:189px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) For Army Veteran Bryan Billups, mental health has always been a priority. From serving as a paratrooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,7],"tags":[1781,1531,87,245],"class_list":["post-24424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-veterans-benefits","tag-mental-health-research","tag-vas-million-veteran-program","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24425,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24424\/revisions\/24425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}