Yes, just in regard to the entire membership of the force and what they do. They don a uniform every day, as indicated, and their job cannot be duplicated, even through Canadian Forces. That is a different job, although it's similar in nature in some aspects. But it is a daily exposure to the type of work that these members--male or female--see, and it is over time that issues happen.
If these issues are addressed in a timely manner within the organization, they are treatable and preventable in every way. I am a nurse, but I also see the shortage of doctors within our hospitals. I see the shortage of nurses within our hospitals. What happens is that the patients are the ones who pay the price. In the force, because there are no funds allocated or because organizations may not be set up as such, the members, the people on the ground, are the ones who pay the price. Ultimately, then, the family is left to carry on.
Allow the members the opportunity to speak up without feeling ashamed. Allow the members to realize that what they're going through is part of their job and they are not to be ashamed of how they feel. Allow them to be treated instead of being left untreated and abandoned, which is basically what's happening, because the funding and the understanding through the physicians....
This is a topic that you just can't put your finger on. Everyone is different. Not everyone has the same symptoms and not every patient presents the same. One may present with certain issues that are definitive as to the DSM, but the issue is that not everyone presents the same. In my case, my husband presented as casebook, as textbook.
That was my issue. I don't think that.... We just need more help. We need more help.