Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll take that question. When we talk about research, we're not just talking about doing RCTs because those are the highest level in clinical research, but we can do some other research, research about what's working elsewhere and things like that. The research drive

Veterans Affairs committee  Again, the understanding will drive more education for the caregivers and for the family. It's the entire package. The treatment will continue in our OSI clinic network, which will continue to grow.

Veterans Affairs committee  We partner with the Canadian Armed Forces and their OSISS program, the operational stress injury social support. We assist in training peers to be good peer supporters, and all of our OSI clinics have OSISS peer supporters and they're very well appreciated in the clinics. When I

Veterans Affairs committee  I think for all our stakeholders, all the stakeholder groups, the Legion, Canadian Veterans Advocacy, they could all be considered peer support groups. They all do excellent work at representing the needs of the veterans and providing support. We see it through the members who ar

Veterans Affairs committee  There are lots of advances in research through brain imaging, and again I'm going to turn to your colleague, who is from the London area. The University of Western Ontario is doing some leading-edge research. Dr. Ruth Lanius is using imaging techniques to look at the brains of pe

Veterans Affairs committee  We have a clinic in Quebec City. Our clinic in Montreal is located at the Ste. Anne's Hospital. This clinic primarily serves people from the Montreal area, but the residential program is open to anyone in Canada.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. It's an excellent question. We do in fact work with our allies. We work closely in the military with our NATO allies, and through the network of other veterans affairs organizations in the United States, Australia, the U.K., and New Zealand, we excha

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  The same applies. One person in five will suffer from a mental health condition in their life, and it will affect everyone around them. In short, we can say that nearly all Canadians are affected by this reality in one way or another. The statistics are the same.

Veterans Affairs committee  Earlier in my career, I was responsible for recruiting medical personnel into the Canadian Forces. That said, this is perhaps something that you will have to ask the Canadian Forces, because Veterans Affairs Canada is not responsible for recruiting medical personnel. If I had not

Veterans Affairs committee  What our research has shown is that for the people who medically release they come to us right away. We do a warm transfer. After that when we look at the trends of when people come to us for services it's anywhere from two years after release to 40 years after release. It's poss

Veterans Affairs committee  The 4,000 providers in the community are a mix. There are psychologists and social workers. We have occupational therapists who work in clinical care manager roles, so they're not just psychiatrists. It covers a wide range of services because, as you said, everybody doesn't need

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I just wanted to add that your comments were a great morale booster for the clinic. We had lots of feedback from them, so thank you very much. It's good for them to hear some good recognition. With respect to suicide in the veteran population—and t

Veterans Affairs committee  Because veterans receive their health care in their communities, under their own provincial health authorities, we don't have access. We have no right to have access to that type of information unless it's shared with us. Our review and analysis is only based on what we know of t