Thank you.
My second question surrounds the appearance before the committee in November 2013 of Dr. Anne Germain. She was studying the link between sleep and mental health. The committee heard evidence that a disturbance to sleep procedure occurred shortly after exposure to stress or traumatic events and was a very strong predictor of poor psychiatric outcomes, and she went on with further evidence and said that there was improvement when there was proper sleep.
I have another three or four questions surrounding that. I think you are probably familiar with that evidence and with that study or that area of study. I guess my questions would be as follows. To what extent is the Canadian Forces incorporating sleep treatment into its clinical mental health care programs? To what extent is the CF incorporating sleep training into its cradle-to-grave mental readiness and resilience programs such as the road to mental readiness? Third, the American military personnel are receiving warfighter sleep kits before and after deployment. Is the Canadian Forces considering this? Last, Dr. Germain also noted that sleep issues are a non-stigmatizing entry into mental health care. Would you agree with that statement?