Newly deployed sailors are now getting counseling assistance aboard ship

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Newly deployed sailors are now getting counseling assistance aboard ship
Diana Stancy Correll
 

The Navy has started providing sailors mental health support in the early stages of deployments so they are better equipped to manage common stressors they may encounter while getting underway.

Under the Navy’s new Departure & Separation Program, sailors on six surface ships were provided access to licensed counselors and specially trained educators during their first two to six weeks of deployment.

“They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and it’s no different with mental health,” said Kim Speed, a Counseling Advocacy Program supervisor who worked with sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser Monterey during the ship’s restriction of movement (ROM) period, in a Navy news release. The Monterey departed Norfolk in February with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/04/14/newly-deployed-sailors-are-now-getting-counseling-assistance-aboard-ship/

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Are they going to have destimulation rooms with coloring books for people who need them way out to sea?  I think comfort dogs on demand would be a nice gesture, too.  Do they have DVDs of nice quiet places, like travelogues to help everyone have peace of mind?  Much kinder and gentler!