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Public Accounts committee We'll always have paper records for people who've served before 2011.
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee The news today is five weeks.
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee We don't treat veterans.
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee While still serving in uniform, the short answer is no. We drag people in and we do everything we can. We have multiple mechanisms across the armed forces to bring people into care—
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee Just that the protection of the confidentiality of the health information of our troops is critical, vital ground for us. If our troops, especially those with sensitive conditions like mental health conditions have the slightest concern that we are not strictly protecting their
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee Individuals with mental health problems are kept in the Canadian armed forces for a long time. They sometimes remain there for a number of years before employment restrictions are placed on them that no longer allow them to pursue military service. If they are kept in their posi
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee We are the only organization in Canada that conducts a complete analysis of each suicide, on a case-by-case basis. Our analysis shows that roughly half of the individuals who committed suicide were receiving treatment. This data is similar to data for the general public. The othe
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee For each suicide, a psychiatrist and a general practitioner conduct an in-depth analysis. However, in no case did the timeliness of care or the waiting time have an impact on the suicide. These were either individuals who were not receiving treatment because they hadn't asked for
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee That's right.
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee Right. There have been incremental increases over time as a result of various other studies conducted during the operations in Afghanistan, and subsequent to that over the last couple of years based on tweaking the numbers that we deem required to address the demand.
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee No, the analysis is still going on. There are about 50 subanalyses going on in that study.
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee No. We have a network of anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 external mental health providers. When a psychiatrist or a psychologist is not available, nobody is not getting mental health care. Everybody from day one, if it's an urgent requirement, sees a psychiatrist or psychologist the
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee So far our assessment is that at steady state that will be what we need. That was based on a 2002 study. We're reviewing it all based on the Canadian Armed Forces mental health survey of 2013, where we're still doing lots of analyses with regard to it. But there will always be su
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
Public Accounts committee Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, as Surgeon General, I thank you for the opportunity to speak to you about the measures being taken by the Canadian Armed Forces to address the two recommendations made by the Auditor General in chapter 3 of his 2014 report, entitled Ment
February 25th, 2015Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier
National Defence committee Not yet, sir. In terms of the Statistics Canada study, the analysis is being done by Statistics Canada.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
BGen Jean-Robert Bernier