New Veterans Health Bill Improves Medical Service to Female Veterans

President Obama Signs Veterans' Health Bill That Includes Improvement In Women's Services 05/08/2010.  The bill, called the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, expands mental health and counseling services to veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, including to members of the National Guards and reservists (Wilson, "44," Washington Post, 5/5). The bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to train mental health professionals in caring for military women who have survived sexual trauma. According to Time, one in five military women experience sexual trauma, which increases their risk of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems by almost 60%.  Medical News Today