These injuries, be they physical or psychological, are covered by our department. Both types of injuries are treated and veterans may benefit, for instance, from the lump sum payment, and the various services, etc. The number of clinics has doubled over the past two years. It went from 5 to 10. These are specialized clinics throughout the country that serve our veterans. Our approach has in fact led to certain results which I am going to set out for you. Veteran Affairs Canada comes to the assistance of 13,700 veterans who are suffering from mental health problems, and their families, and close to 3,500 of these veterans have been treated in our specialized clinics.
Of course, we are constantly looking for ways to better help our people. During the Second World War this illness probably existed as well, but we did not have a name for it. Now we call it operational post-traumatic stress syndrome. Science is always progressing and that is something we take into account within our department.