When you talk about mental health services, the mandate of the operational stress injury treatment clinics is first to conduct assessments. We use the best practices, those that are recognized by researchers, in the clinics of both the Department of National Defence and the Department of Veterans Affairs. There may be different terms and conditions for military members, but they are nevertheless quite similar. For treatment approaches, clinicians sat down together. The health professionals sat down with those of the Department of National Defence and those of the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish what the best practices should be. Once that's done, health professionals use their professional judgment to use, from among the recognized best practices, those they consider most suited to the client or patient they are treating.
On March 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.