Thanks very much, Colonel Jetly, and thanks for your emphasis on the science and the clinical proof that needs to be behind treatment.
We all understand it is very difficult to decide where to invest, especially when therapies are emerging. We do support you in your drive to be as scientifically grounded as any mental health professionals in the world, certainly among militaries. That was among the forms of praise we saw for Canada at the tri-national meeting we were at together in Washington.
I have two questions for you, and they are related. The first is relevant to the two witnesses we had before you with their very personal stories from Afghanistan and their very strong conviction that working with dogs has helped them when other, perhaps more clinically validated therapies, haven't helped as quickly as they would like.
Tell us what you are doing and what research and practice are prompting you to do for those cases in which victims of PTSD don't respond to therapy. We all know already from our study that six to 12 sessions with the right therapist, in the right conditions, can have a positive impact for many, maybe even the majority of cases, but in some cases they don't. Where do you take people after that?