Annotated Bibliography: The Canadian Forces And PTSD
Annotated Bibliography PTSD
Drapeau, Michel & Juneau, Joshua (2012, November). The Canadian Forces and PTSD: One step forward, two steps back. Esprit de Corps, 19(10), 40-59. In the one step forward, two steps back article it explains the effect that PTSD has on Canada’s economy and brings in focus the difficulties that victims of PTSD face every day because of the stigma and the way people view others with PTSD and other mental illnesses. Drapeau and Juneau feel that us as a country as a whole do not contribute enough funds to successfully treat all the soldiers who get diagnosed with PTSD they believe we should have more professionals trying to help the soldiers and focus on their mental health …show more content…
The two writers Drapeau and Juneau work at a law firm so their views are pretty legal heavy but are a very trustworthy source.
Brewster, Murray (2014, Febuary) Commons motion to save vets’ offices defeated. Metroland Murray Brewster is a well known in Canadian journalism for the Canadian press and has experience in the military which makes him a credible source in this topic. Brewster explains In this article how the movement to keep Veterans Affairs district offices open did not work. The defeated motion called for more mental health professionals to help war veterans and to have the government complete nearly a 100 unsolved suicide investigations involving war veterans. The article did a very good job getting first hand comments from soldiers who were disappointed with the results of the motion. The result of this motion in my eyes really confused me because I really didn’t see why the motion got denied as there was really no downside to passing the motion as it would look better on the government to show they care about the heath of its people and not only that but it would increase the amount of jobs in
Drapeau, Michel & Juneau, Joshua (2012, November). The Canadian Forces and PTSD: One step forward, two steps back. Esprit de Corps, 19(10), 40-59. In the one step forward, two steps back article it explains the effect that PTSD has on Canada’s economy and brings in focus the difficulties that victims of PTSD face every day because of the stigma and the way people view others with PTSD and other mental illnesses. Drapeau and Juneau feel that us as a country as a whole do not contribute enough funds to successfully treat all the soldiers who get diagnosed with PTSD they believe we should have more professionals trying to help the soldiers and focus on their mental health …show more content…
The two writers Drapeau and Juneau work at a law firm so their views are pretty legal heavy but are a very trustworthy source.
Brewster, Murray (2014, Febuary) Commons motion to save vets’ offices defeated. Metroland Murray Brewster is a well known in Canadian journalism for the Canadian press and has experience in the military which makes him a credible source in this topic. Brewster explains In this article how the movement to keep Veterans Affairs district offices open did not work. The defeated motion called for more mental health professionals to help war veterans and to have the government complete nearly a 100 unsolved suicide investigations involving war veterans. The article did a very good job getting first hand comments from soldiers who were disappointed with the results of the motion. The result of this motion in my eyes really confused me because I really didn’t see why the motion got denied as there was really no downside to passing the motion as it would look better on the government to show they care about the heath of its people and not only that but it would increase the amount of jobs in