Veterans, first responders and active-duty service members receive life-changing comprehensive care through a unique UNC-Chapel Hill initiative.
The Transforming Health and Resilience in Veterans program brings together a dozen service providers from Carolina and UNC Health, including physicians, psychiatrists, physical therapists and even experts in literature and art, to help service members and first responders achieve better health outcomes, especially related to traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress.
Hundreds of program participants have reported life-changing results from the experience, creating healthy and sustainable solutions to the ways PTSD and other complications have affected their lives. In less than a month, THRIVE participants are able to receive the same amount of treatment that could take years to accomplish through the VA or even traditional health system.
The program, nearly five years old, has treated more than 400 participants. The Transforming Health and Resilience in Veterans program offers its services at no cost to participants thanks to an initial $12.5 million gift from Avalon Action Alliance.
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