National Defence committee  Absolutely.

National Defence committee  Operational stress injury is a paradigm. It's a non-clinical term. Treating PTSD is different from treating depression and is different from treating panic disorder. What I have found, as somebody who's served 20 years, is that nothing is perfect, but what I've found really imp

National Defence committee  I'm aware of some of the programs that exist. There isn't a plan right now. I'm in communication with my U.S. and U.K. counterparts. The U.S. actually has been trying to fund studies for about five or six years. There's lots of money available; they haven't yet been able to find

National Defence committee  Yes, I can give a brief response. It's worthy of study. When you sit at my desk, you see many, many ideas come across it. There's equine therapy, agrotherapy, soapstone carving: the list is unbelievable. You could fill your entire agenda for the next 10 years reviewing every one

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  The outcomes are sort of anecdotal and testimonial. I haven't seen any randomized control study for demonstrating its efficacy in targeting symptoms or reducing symptoms.

National Defence committee  I think it's worthy of study. I do think it's worthy of study. I mean—

National Defence committee  I think it's an ongoing process of education. We continue to need to educate leadership, members, and our own medical personnel to continue to encourage people to come forward. We believe that the best chance people have of retaining their careers is to come forward for treatment

National Defence committee  There's been a change of leadership within the mental health clinic. There has been some hiring, some increased staffing. We've posted an experienced major psychiatrist in to help out also. The continued working between the mental health folks and the relationship between the pri

National Defence committee  We have regular meetings, national meetings, and national meetings to which the senior medical officers come. I often speak at those. We continue to explain, understand, and educate on the perspectives from all the folks.

National Defence committee  That's not entirely true. For thousands of years people have recognized the suffering of people post-conflict. There have been times—during World War I, for example—when people speculated that it might be a physical result of the shaken brain. I think people, especially in the he

National Defence committee  There have been major gains in Petawawa since that report was written.

National Defence committee  Absolutely. I'm not sure what I....

National Defence committee  Yes, and I said there have been major gains.

National Defence committee  No.