That's a great question.
Chronic pain, as we know, affects Canadian military veterans at almost twice the rate it does the Canadian general population. It is highly comorbid with mental health concerns. Mental health is going to exacerbate the pain symptoms that you might feel, and vice versa. There's a relationship there that's independent. There's also a relationship between chronic pain and suicide. All of these things are connected. That was one of the pieces of my opening statement that were important. Suicide is not a point-in-time thing. It's important throughout the lifespan of somebody, with all of these conditions coming together.
One of the biggest challenges.... We've identified many different risk factors in the 10 years or longer of research. There is that understanding of what moves somebody from those risk factors into attempting suicide, but there's still more work to be done.
