National Defence committee  They all have access to services in French.

National Defence committee  Usually, people who need to see a psychologist are removed from the theatre of operations. They are deployed farther away, behind the lines. So far, care provided by psychiatrists, general practitioners, mental health nurses and social workers has met the needs of those who rema

National Defence committee  I can answer all of that. Yes, we recognize that. Everything we do and all of our practices are based on the best evidence. We are actually involved in a sleep research study to find better ways of enhancing sleep. It's a major problem with PTSD. Some people in particular have go

National Defence committee  We will be re-evaluating all of our programs on a yearly basis. In this specific instance, the re-evaluation is more comprehensive and based on a larger quantity of data. We are awaiting the results from two major studies that are currently under way. All of the data has been col

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  I will let Ms. Rigg answer that question.

National Defence committee  However, I can tell you that despite the freeze, we have still been able to continue hiring people, recruited through Calian, who can provide health care. We can also access our network of 4,000 external clinicians.

National Defence committee  Yes, sir. Thank you. It's the quantitative burden of mental illness. Mental illness affects anywhere from one in four to one in five Canadians in their lifetimes according to the Mental Health Commission of Canada. So it's purely the math. We experience a similar prevalence of

National Defence committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Hello, honourable members of the committee. Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you again and especially for your ongoing focus on the health of Canadian Armed Forces members. The welfare of those who are willing to sacrific

National Defence committee  In the kit for soldiers, the two key life-saving additions were: the self-tightening tourniquet—

National Defence committee  —which has saved many, many lives from blood loss, and the use of a concentrated powder substance called QuikClot; and now, a better clotting gauze that doesn't produce a chemical burn, but that can be inserted into areas where bleeding cannot be stopped by compression because of

National Defence committee  Thank you. We list Mefloquine as a medication because it's very effective, and the U.S. continues to use it, contrary to misperceptions misreported in the media. It remains recommended by the Public Health Agency of Canada's committee on advice on tropical medicine and travel, t

National Defence committee  Thanks, Mr. McKay. The illicit drug use is a concern. It's a disciplinary concern. Even though the health system will screen at enrolment for illicit drug use, it's not enforced by the medical system in any way. It's completely separate. We don't want to be seen as potentially.

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. Research is critical for us, because we need to stay ahead of the enemy. We need to stay ahead of operational threats from hostile action, and ahead of naturally occurring industrial threats as well, because we deploy to places where there are threats

National Defence committee  On the administrative support side, the integrated personal support centres were partly modelled on the U.S. model. They were well ahead because of their years in Iraq and the number of casualties they've had. They have been doing very well in terms of administrative and casualty