Veterans Affairs committee  Again, I'm a clinician, not a researcher, and the numbers would be obtainable through research. My practice—

Veterans Affairs committee  My practice is full and there are always....

Veterans Affairs committee  I hear that there's a waiting list for people to receive treatment for PTSD, and that waiting list is quite long in certain places.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely, unfortunately, despite the amazing efforts that the CF has been making. I have friends and colleagues who've worked on the road to mental readiness program. There are incredible efforts to battle the stigma and change attitudes, but I can't say that I see.... Mind you

Veterans Affairs committee  Because I still have colleagues who are within the CF, I know there are great initiatives to train people, and those training efforts are now being spread throughout society as well and are helping first responders. In another job that I have I work with the RCMP. I do training f

Veterans Affairs committee  Sometimes it comes with the person. In the case of Marie, she walked in having always been a very hopeful person. She had that combination of agency and pathways. Many military people have it; they just lose it along the way. In the case of John, at the beginning he had multipl

Veterans Affairs committee  Sure. There's a whole chapter in my book that makes it pretty easy, so if you want to know more, I can lend you that later. Essentially, you have the person do the exact opposite of what they already have been doing. It's very hard to convince them to do it. That's the hardest p

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd love to talk to General Dallaire about hope. General Dallaire, if you're listening, give me a call.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I'm not a researcher, so I'm not the one to give you numbers. I can tell you that, as I said, everybody I've seen who does PE, prolonged exposure, has a graph just like those. They move on, and then I lose them. I don't see them anymore; they just move on. John and Mary a

Veterans Affairs committee  I think they are. That's why I was saying that I'm not keen on the term “OSI”, because I find that it's too broad an umbrella. It's too specific and too broad at the same time. Because it's made a psychological injury a battle wound, if you have any kind of psychological sympto

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll focus mainly on helping people reintegrate when they have PTSD. That's exactly what the TED talk from Hector Garcia is about. He says that we train soldiers for war, so let's train them to come home, too. The psychological therapies that help with PTSD have a lot in common w

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the invitation. I'm honoured to be here. I'm very aware that I have only 10 minutes, so I will fly through my text. My apologies to the interpreters. My name is Céline Paris. I'm a psychologist. I've been working with soldiers and veterans since 1990. I s