Kern County Public Health Services holding 2019 mental health symposium Tuesday

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 15: Program facilitator Dan McSweeney gives a presentation about PTSD treatment December 15, 2009 at Fort Hamilton Army Garrison in Brooklyn, New York. The presentation and associated questionaire are part of the Military Pathways program, a free, anonymous mental health and alcohol self-assessment for troops, civilian employees, and their families. The self-assessments are a series of questions that help establish whether respondents could benefit from talking to an available health professional. PTSD and related mental health ailments have increased in recent years as hundreds of thousands of troops have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)