BATTLEMIND.org Continuing the Transition Home Newly Expanded Battlemind is the Soldier's inner strength to face fear and adversity with courage. Key components include: Self confidence: taking calculated risks and handling challenges. Mental toughness: overcoming obstacles or setbacks and maintaining positive thoughts during times of adversity and challenge. Batttlemind skills helped you survive in combat, but may cause you problems if not adapted when you get home. Battlemind is now standard training throughout the Army, due to its success as deployment training. Battlemind provides training for units, leaders, Soldiers, and Families. Materials for children have been enhanced, and there's a new section that addresses the stigma attached to having PTSD. Visit the Battlemind website at https://www.battlemind.army.mil. Click here for an online brochure.

Free Mental Health Screening Materials Offered to National Guard and Army Reserve Units Mental health screening and educational materials are available at no cost to National Guard and Army Reserve units through the Department of Defense Office of Health Affairs. The materials are part of the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program. This initiative offers Reserve Component and other service members and their Families the opportunity to take voluntary, anonymous mental health and alcohol self-assessments in-person events or anonymously online or by phone 24/7. National Guard and Army Reserve units can use the in-person programs that provide educational handouts, screening forms, and promotional materials as part of their Family days or in conjunction with the annual health observance events: National Alcohol Screening Day, held in April, or Mental Health Screening, also known as National Depression Screening Day, in October. The online assessment has a Spanish-language version. To take the assessment and receive feedback by phone, dial 877-877-3647. An assessment for parents worried about depression in a teenage child has also been added. Free Self-Assessment Tools: DoD Mental Health Self-Assessment (MHSA) Program Overview Mental Health Self-Assessment

Suicide Prevention The Army's suicide prevention campaign plan focuses on training people to recognize early signs of suicidal behavior and teaching them how to intervene.				Cards Added! Play the Memory Game! Play the HOOAH4HEALTH.COM Memory Game! See how well you can remember where Health Cards are on the game board. Use this memory exercise as a workout for your mind. Memory Game for Kids
Army Substance Abuse Program ASAP is a comprehensive program, which combines prevention education, urinalysis testing and civilian employees counseling services.				Kick-Start Your Resolution to Change! Are they good for your brain? Lifestyle changes are always difficult, but taking charge of your health can be the most rewarding accomplishment you experience. "The real secret to being able to change is the willingness to do so."