The ability to identify mental health problems as early as possible would certainly be beneficial but, in my opinion, that would lead to organizational problems. It is not easy to do. As a psychologist, I might end up being traumatized by my experience in the battlefield. However, there may be other options, particularly in terms of the processes and destigmatization. In this morning's National Post, it talked about the fact that Senator Kirby has been given a budget to establish a National Health Commission. I think that budget will be spent simply destigmatizing mental health problems. Just imagine, he is doing that in the general population, but it is even more necessary to do that in the military population, particularly because of what you just mentioned. There is a great deal of work to be done at the level. I could say a lot more about what I think should be done with respect to armed forces personnel and PTSD, but I will stop there.
On March 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.