Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good day everyone. My name is Marie-Josée Lemieux. I am the Vice-President of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec. I am accompanied by Mr. Beaulieu, Secretary General and by Mr. Lorquet, the order's lawyer. The primary mission of the Ordre des psychologues

Veterans Affairs committee  You've actually asked two questions. The first is about access to the services of psychologists in the regions, and the other is about training. You ask whether there is specialized training for people who wish to provide services to veterans suffering PTSD. Is that correct?

Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to the first question, as I said earlier, the mandate of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec is to protect the public. In Quebec, it works in cooperation with the department of health and social services, which is responsible for providing health care services in al

Veterans Affairs committee  As I said earlier, the Ordre works with the departments to help them develop strategies to encourage psychologists to go and work in these regions. As in any profession, if the salary is the same in Montreal, Quebec City and Gaspé, people tend to prefer to live in Montreal or Qu

Veterans Affairs committee  The second part of your question was about specialized training in PTSD. Earlier, we were saying that there were a number of training options or streams. Students in the clinical psychology stream will be the ones to work with patients with mental health problems. PTSD is one of

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Beaulieu will answer part of your question, and I will answer the rest.

Veterans Affairs committee  I see: in that case, if I may, I would like to add something. We talked about scholarships. We understood from our discussion with Mr. Rossignol that you were looking for some ideas and strategies to get new psychologists. It is not up to us to tell psychologists that they shoul

Veterans Affairs committee  I understand that access to psychological services is a problem for veterans. Are you asking me what would be a favourable outcome for my presentation today?

Veterans Affairs committee  I wasn't sure I had understood you correctly. To us a favourable outcome would be to give you some possible solutions and to draw you a rather explicit picture of the way we operate in Quebec. You could use these solutions to increase access to services for veterans. What we

Veterans Affairs committee  The clinical aspect of psychological practice, for instance how many veterans suffer from PTSD, is something that would fall under Mr. Stéphane Guay's area of expertise, at the Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital. I believe that institution partners with Sainte-Anne hospital. Mr. Guay i

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't know if you are strictly referring to veterans or the general public. Either way, we do not specialize in veterans health problems. We do know however how things work between Sainte-Anne hospital, the neighbouring clinics and Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital, for instance. We

Veterans Affairs committee  I think there was a misunderstanding. When we referred to M. Guay et Ms. Brillon, we were referring to people who came to testify before your committee, who have had contact with your committee. We know that Mr. Guay has done research with Ste. Anne's Hospital. Mr. Guay and Ms. B

Veterans Affairs committee  If I understood your question correctly, we want to know whether the Ordre des psychologues du Québec can provide specific training for psychologists who would want the added value of understanding military culture? Is that correct?

Veterans Affairs committee  Our system is distinctive. The Ordre des psychologues du Québec must ensure that psychologists have adequate training, that they develop the necessary skills through continuing professional development. The Ordre is a regulator and ensures that. It does not offer services, we do

Veterans Affairs committee  We have no statistics on that. As Ms. Lorquet mentioned earlier, that is not one of the institutions we have indicators on when we register our members. We know which members work for the Department of Health and Social Services, we know which ones are in private practice, which