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Patrick Caserta discusses the Brandon Act and the impact of his son's story on mental health care for service members.

Let us know what you think of the show and what we can do better! A service member shouldn’t have to gamble their career to get mental health care, but that’s exactly the fear too many people carry into a toxic command climate. We talk with Patrick Caserta, a retired US Navy senior chief and combat veteran, about the life and death of his son, AE3 Brandon Caserta, and why Brandon’s story became the catalyst for the Brandon Act, now federal law. Patrick walks us through Brandon’s path from S...

People in this episode

Host: Theresa Carpenter

Guest: Patrick Caserta

Topics covered

• mental health
• military service
• legislation
• family loss
• advocacy

Keywords

• Brandon Act
• mental health care
• military
• Patrick Caserta
• advocacy
• US Navy
• combat veteran

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brandon Act, US Navy

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