One could only hope. That is part of this, too. I think we must educate society. How do we do that? We do that by talking, by collaborating, by sharing stories, sharing best practices. I've heard that, shockingly, even recently, and I've heard it from leadership within some of our first responder industry, that people should know what they're getting themselves into when they sign their contract and that this is going to lead to more people booking off sick or claiming that they have PTSD.
As I mentioned earlier on, I worked for a time at crisis and counselling, and teaching suicide prevention, and that was at a time when nobody even wanted to mention the word “suicide”, for fear that it would enable copycats. It was also at a time when the medical profession was quick to simply prescribe medication and not really look at the root causes of what the issues were. I would like to think that we've gotten better all these years later, but as my colleague has mentioned, sadly, I think we've probably stagnated a little bit. We're getting better at understanding, knowing, and being aware of challenges, but I think we insulate ourselves a little bit.
My hope is that, through this conversation and ultimately through the national framework, we provide education for all, including our medical profession, on how best to diagnose, even within.