You may have noticed that we haven’t been posting as diligently as we normally do. That’s because we have been working full tilt on implementing Safehouse. I can’t say too much right now, but we have a[…]

As I wrote previously, one of Jamie MacWhirter’s triggers is getting stuck behind a slow driver. This is not surprising as he served a tour in Afghanistan as a truck driver with the 1st Service Battalion, and being[…]

I just finished reading Empty Casing: A Soldier’s Memoir of Sarajevo Under Siege by Fred Doucette. We previously reviewed his book, Better Off Dead, which was about OSI in the Canadian military and his decade as a peer[…]

This post appears off-schedule our usual publication schedule for two reasons. One, it’s Memorial Day in the United States. For many, it’s a day of grilling and picnics. IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) is encouraging[…]

We previously wrote about a study of e-mental health technologies by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). The technologies that are considered in the report include mobile apps, social media, wearable devices, robots, telemedicine, big data,[…]

The Mental Health Commission of Canada was created by the federal government to support federal, provincial, and territorial governments and non-governmental organizations to implement sound public policies for mental health. It was created in 2007 following the first-ever national[…]

Everybody needs self care at some point, not just people with PTSD and their caregivers. Self care is not one size fits all. This article describes an established tool for assessing and planning self care. The method is[…]

In our last post, we gave short descriptions of both Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET) and formal, structured peer support, like the kind provided by OSISS. Now, we’ll give a point by point comparison of the two. Focus[…]

A recent article in Military.com reported that the US Navy is testing brain-stimulating technologies with the SEALs. The device looks like a set of chunky headphones, and they work by applying an electrical stimulus through the skull. The company[…]

The open road conjures images of freedom, adventure, and possibility. Unfortunately, for some people with PTSD the possibilities are dark. The road, other drivers, and even the dark of the night can trigger stress, anxiety, or other PTSD[…]

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