That's a good question.
Once you're back from a mission, you have a repatriation medical assessment. In the force I was in, the RCMP, we did psychological screening. The tests were done early, before deployment. If upon return there were some changes the member did not notice, we had an early intervention.
The second thing, as you know--and I don't know if it's the same thing for the military--is that all these extra psychological tests take a special psychologist, and unfortunately they charge a little extra. There are a lot of neuropsych tests, which are expensive. Of course, the bottom line is that they say they won't pay because you have to have your claim approved. I don't understand that. If I went to Afghanistan where I was exposed to a trauma, and the force doctor said I had stress, and then they said they wouldn't pay for psychological services until I had my claim approved, I have a problem with that.
That's what the RCMP do. They say they don't pay until you get your claim approved. So already it's confrontational in the sense that the guy has to fight, and that's where you get these horror stories: “They don't believe me. My case is delayed because I have to procrastinate, to elaborate on it.” That's where the barrier is. That was my experience in the five years I was around that.
With the WSIB in Ontario and the CSST in Quebec, if you have stress, they say, well, we may pay the psychological fees, because the more we know about you, the more we can rehabilitate you.
We've learned. We did the same thing 10 years ago: “No way. You're a police officer and you chose to be a police officer. We sent you to Regina for six months. You know what the hell...it's impossible.” Well, this doesn't work anymore. Early intervention and accepting the diagnosis breaks these barriers.
Those are the problems.