Have you ever heard of the Mental Health Continuum? That’s a bit of a mouth full and I’ll admit that I had no idea what it was until we incorporated it into our application. Let’s go through[…]
Treatment can be a controversial topic as many individuals have differing views. What works for one person may not work for another and the word treatment itself, well it does not always agree with people in general.[…]
I’m sometimes asked whether peer support is treatment. I always answer “no,” though others may not. In my mind, treatment seeks to cure the disease, rehab the injury, or slow the progression of symptoms. Peer support helps[…]
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[…]
Asking yourself whether you have PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder is a difficult question to answer. It’s an emotionally loaded question, and so it’s difficult to answer. It’s even difficult to get to the point of asking[…]
This post is our last in our series on our learnings from the CIMVHR Annual Forum. Identity is a growing topic of interest among CIMVHR attendees. In this context, identity has to do with how you see yourself and[…]
A topic that received a lot of interest at the CIMVHR Annual Forum was moral injury. This type of psychological trauma is receiving greater interest due to both the increasing incidence in recent deployments and greater attention[...]
At the CIMVHR Annual Forum, we learned that not all mental trauma leads to stress injury or PTSD. Psychological trauma is an assault that occurs to the mind when distressing events exceeds one’s capacity to cope or process the[…]
While at the 2016 Forum for the Canadian Institute of Military and Veteran Health Research, Susan and I had the pleasure of viewing many presentations that educated us on the many challenges the military face. A major[…]
We previously wrote about the top 5 pet peeves for peer groups, and that good leadership would mitigate some issues. So, what would that look like? It would start with choosing the right peer supporter or group leader.[…]
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