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Veterans Affairs committee We are all very sensitive to the issues you have raised. The reason we are members of the Ordre des psychologues is because we are sensitive to the suffering of others and we really want to help those people get better and to send them on the road to recovery. We would be please
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee May I respond?
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee Therefore, if you want to attract students and get them interested in working with veterans, the department should offer paid internships at Sainte-Anne's Hospital, for instance, and there is no doubt that many new psychologists would want to specialize in that field. There's no
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee I will give you a general answer. In Quebec today, there is no shortage of psychologists, but there is a lack of psychiatrists. Further, it is very hard to find a general physician, but there is no shortage of psychologists. The problem lies with the referral process, and that is
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee Are you referring to a specific program?
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee I can't really talk about a program I am not familiar with and I have not read about. But generally speaking, it's best if a person can receive treatment without leaving the people who love and support him or her, as far as that's possible. But we can't say much more because we a
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee If you're talking about the medical model, and if you define “specialty” in that way, like a cardiologist is a doctor specialized in cardiology, specialties don't exist per say in psychology in Quebec. Each psychologist who is a member of his or her professional order is respons
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee You cannot completely prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome from developing. Some factors increase the risk of a person developing this syndrome, and other factors can decrease the risk. Mr. Beaulieu mentioned a healthy lifestyle and good mental health. A person who, from the ou
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee We can't really answer that question. Indeed, it might be much better for you to speak with experts in the field. As far as I know, the military can apply selection tests and psychometric tests. Some employers make potential employees undergo psychometric tests. They do so to fin
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee I didn't quite catch your question.
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee Mr. Beaulieu will answer you.
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee As concerns curriculum, the Ordre des psychologues du Québec has, by regulation, a training committee. You will find this regulation in the documents that we prepared for you. In conjunction with the Department of Education and university representatives, this committee is mandat
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee In the schools, do you mean...
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee No, they would not be qualified for that at all.
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux
Veterans Affairs committee In Quebec, psychologists who work in schools with children are not clinical psychologists who are qualified to treat cases of depression or PTSD. Clinical psychologists who work in hospitals, medical clinics or in private practise may have the training required to treat PTSD. I
April 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
Marie-Josée Lemieux