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<td><a href="https://deploymentpsych.org/blog/numbers-4-may-2026" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">By the Numbers 4 May 2026</a>
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<p><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://deploymentpsych.org/blog/numbers-4-may-2026"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://deploymentpsych.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/blog/By_The_%20Numbers_May_2025_21.jpg?itok=soPTIyUp" width="100" height="97" alt=""></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span><span><strong>600,000+</strong></span></span><br>
The number of referrals for behavioral health care in the VA health system received by veterans from 2021 through 2024. According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report -- <a href="https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108799" target="_blank">Veterans Community Care Program: Information on Behavioral Health Referrals, Fiscal Years 2021 Through 2024</a> -- "More than half of these referrals were for outpatient therapy."</p>
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<p><strong>Forwarded by:<br />
Michael Reeder LCPC<br />
Baltimore, MD</strong></p>
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