Camp Aftermath’s novel approach to the long-term management of PTSD has attracted the attention of mental health professionals and organizations.
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(2018,
issue 5)
BY NICOLA DAVIES
A recent survey revealed that 81% of first responders and military members suffer some form of mental distress. We look at how psychological flexibility can ease the psychological impact of frontline work.
(2016,
Police in Upper Big Tracadie, Nova Scotia have found Afghan veteran Lionel Desmond, his wife, mother and daughter all dead of gunshot wounds. Desmond, who served in Afghanistan with the Royal Canadian Regiment, was said by a relative to be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.