South Louisiana veterans group provides mental health support through outdoor activities

Kaplan, La. (WAFB) – More than 1.5 million veterans need mental health services each year, but many struggle to open up about their experiences. A local group is giving them space to find healing and reminding them they’re not fighting alone.

Different wars and different decades sit at the same table, all with the same understanding. That understanding has become a lifeline for Minos Cashat after spending 20 years in uniform.

“I couldn’t find work anywhere around here and I spent three months in depression, and it was getting worse and worse and then I finally found a job, and it started picking up a little and then I got with Troy,” Cashat said…

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