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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Snug Vest Is Therapeutic, Stylish Hug For Kids With Autism

John F. Gray | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Stress, Living With Autism, Squeezease Therapy, Add, Deep Pressure Therapy, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, Stress Reduction, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bc Business, Vancouver, Snugvest, Autism Snug Vest, Lisa Fraser, Video, Canada British Columbia News
John F. Gray

While volunteering and working with autistic children, Lisa Fraser noticed one of the key therapeutic devices of the day was, in her eyes, really ugly. The weighted vests was like slapping a label on kids and saying "Hey, look at me! I'm different." She believed that bringing a better design and even some style into these kids' lives, was an endeavour worth pursuing.

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Vet Shares War Stories To Help Heal From PTSD

CP | Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Canada Veterans, Healing From PTSD, Cp, Ptsd Veterans Canada, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ptsd, Veterans Trauma, Remembrance Day Canada, Stress and Veterans, Canada Living News

TORONTO - Daniel Lafontaine's accounts of life in war-torn Bosnia send chills down the spines of his listeners.His first-hand account of life as a hos...

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Real Soldiers Don't Get PTSD

Aviva Rubin | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada
Read More: General Walter Natynczyk, Department of National Defence, Canadian Military, Minister Peter MacKay, Army, Mental Health, Military, Federal Government, Budget, Mental Health Issues, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Canadian Forces, Ptsd, Canada News
Aviva Rubin

2012-05-07-mentalhealth.jpgTurns out the Department of National Defence is eliminating the jobs of medical professionals involved in suicide prevention and monitoring post-traumatic stress disorders. Aren't these cuts a little short-sighted?

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Veterans Say Feds Denying Travel Benefits To See Psychiatrists

CP | Alison Auld, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.09.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Cp, Veterans, Veterans Mental Health, Soldiers, Canadian Armed Forces, Mental Health, Canadian Troops, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Soldiers, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Canada Politics News

Former members of the Canadian military who are struggling with mental health problems say they're being denied benefits from Veterans Affairs to cove...

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Don't Cut Programs for Military Families: Spouses Are the Key to Troop Reintegration

Edward Jackson | Posted 10.03.2011 | Canada
Read More: Walter Natynczyk, Peter MacKay, Canada Military, Funding Military Families, Military Funding, Ptsd, Military Families, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Canada News
Edward Jackson

Today, veterans are coming back to a country that never really suffered during the war. Forget those elegant, top-down accounts of the noble victories of commanders. For the military employees who actually do the fighting on the ground, war is horrific beyond imagination. And the horror is coming home.

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The Battle Goes On

The Canadian Press | Dene Moore | Posted 09.01.2011 | Canada
Read More: Canadian-Forces, Canadian Troops, Afghanistan, Canadian Soldiers, Afghanistan War, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Canada News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - Bombardier Matt Coles remembers thinking the bullets had missed him. In the frenzied moments after he and his ser...

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