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Inquiry offers opioid recommendations after Edmonton soldier's suicide
A judge wants more education and oversight to come with prescription opioids following the suicide of an Edmonton soldier six years ago.
The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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Ordeal for grieving parents once threatened with
legal action by Canadian Forces now over
legal action by Canadian Forces now over
David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: May 02, 2018
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Canadian Forces withholding information from grieving parents prompts cover-up concerns
Grieving parents trying to get answers from the Canadian Forces, only to be stonewalled or treated poorly, is a story that has continued to emerge over the years.
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN / June 6, 2018
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN / June 6, 2018
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Gen. Vance to grieving families – boards of inquiries aren’t about you
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN / June 8, 2018
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN / June 8, 2018
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Royal Military College had no suicide-prevention plan when three cadets took their own lives in 2016, inquiry finds
GLORIA GALLOWAY PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER OTTAWA
PUBLISHED July 20, 2018
PUBLISHED July 20, 2018
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Family angry top general rejected stigma as factor in Royal Military College student’s suicide
LEE BERTHIAUME
OTTAWA
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED: July 24, 2018
LEE BERTHIAUME
OTTAWA
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED: July 24, 2018
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CAF Handbook on Suicide Prevention
The Surgeon General announces the release of the Canadian Armed Forces Clinician Handbook on Suicide Prevention
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2018/10/the-surgeon-general-announces-the-release-of-the-canadian-armed-forces-clinician-handbook-on-suicide-prevention.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2018/10/the-surgeon-general-announces-the-release-of-the-canadian-armed-forces-clinician-handbook-on-suicide-prevention.html
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Fifteen military suicides reported in 2018 despite new prevention strategy
OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces saw more than a dozen service members die by suicide last year even as it was implementing a number of new services and benefits to prevent such tragedies
Jan 9, 2019
OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces saw more than a dozen service members die by suicide last year even as it was implementing a number of new services and benefits to prevent such tragedies
Jan 9, 2019
OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces saw more than a dozen service members die by suicide last year even as it was implementing a number of new services and benefits to prevent such tragedies.
New figures from the Department of National Defence show 15 members of the Canadian military killed themselves in 2018 — one fewer than the previous year.
The latest deaths coincided with efforts by the military and Veterans Affairs Canada to apply a new suicide-prevention strategy unveiled in late 2017.
The strategy includes promises to improve the services and support available to those who have served in uniform following concerns about the number of military members and veterans who had killed themselves in recent years.
In response to the new figures, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said the military and government are committed to improving the strategy to ensure the best possible care and support to those in the military.
A landmark study from Veterans Affairs Canada suggested that those who have served in the military are at greater risk of suicide than members of the general public, especially women and younger veterans.
The Canadian Press
https://www.sootoday.com/national-news/fifteen-military-suicides-reported-in-2018-despite-new-prevention-strategy-118924
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I wonder how many first responders were lost to suicide as well. With our vast country, there are so many firefighters (volunteer and paid), ambulance personel, police officers and tow truck drivers who have challenges. So sad, very sad!
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The Defence Minister needs to look at taking responsibility for those who are released from the service. The ones out the door who are dealing with pre-existing medical/mental issues should be addressed by VAC. The ones who are just released should follow a systematic system that provides each released member with a contact info package that is provided to each one of them, and is run, and operated by the Canadian Forces. This might be something that may help those who are released, and later run into problems.
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January 9, 2019
15 Canadian Forces members died by suicide last year, despite new prevention strategy
By Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press
15 Canadian Forces members died by suicide last year, despite new prevention strategy
By Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press
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Spike in Afghanistan-related suicides may be receding: Military
The Canadian Press
APRIL 16, 2019
A Canadian soldiers with 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, climbs over a wall as he patrols with his unit to find Improvised Explosive Devices or IEDs in the Panjwayi district, south west of Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 6, 2010. The Canadian military says there is reason to believe a spike in suicides during and after Canada's decade-long war in Afghanistan is starting to subside. The note of cautious optimism is contained in a new report from the military's top medical officer, Brig.-Gen Andrew Downes, as part of an ongoing analysis of suicide rates among those in uniform. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Anja Niedringhaus
OTTAWA — A spike in military suicides during and after Canada's decade-long war in Afghanistan may be subsiding, according to a new report, but some service members remain at increased risk of taking their own lives.
The report from the Canadian Forces' medical branch released Tuesday is the latest in a long list of studies looking at suicides among service members and veterans, many of which have linked such tragedies with overseas deployments.
Yet the new report suggests the opposite as researchers found that between 2015 and 2017, military personnel who served in Afghanistan and elsewhere appeared less likely to take their own lives than those who had not deployed.
"This most recent finding, which fell just short of statistical significance, suggests that the pattern seen during and following the Afghanistan conflict may be shifting," reads the report signed off by surgeon general Brig.-Gen. Andrew Downes.
The researchers still warn that full-time male soldiers in the army remain at "significantly increased risk" of taking their own lives than counterparts in the navy, air force and the general public.
That has been a common finding in many such reports since a rash of military suicides in 2013 forced the issue into the public consciousness and sent the military scrambling to figure out the causes and possibilities for prevention.
More than 155 active service members have taken their own lives since 2010. That nearly equals the 158 killed while serving in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.
The most recent report was written in November but only released Tuesday and does not include any analysis of the circumstances around the 15 service members who took their own lives last year.
It also only focuses on full-time males in uniform due to the relatively small number of suicides among female service members and reservists. And it does not account for any veterans who have taken their own lives.
The Canadian Forces for years resisted suggestions service members were more at risk of suicide than the public, but a landmark study from Veterans Affairs Canada last year found the opposite.
The results of that study, based on a comprehensive review of records from 1976 to 2012, showed that the risk of suicide among male veterans of all ages was 36 per cent higher than in men who had never served in the Canadian military.
Even more worrying was that the risk was significantly higher among younger male veterans, with those under 25 being 242 per cent more likely to kill themselves than non-veterans of the same age.
The risk among female veterans was also found to be alarmingly high: 81 per cent greater than for women who hadn't served. Age was not found to be as significant a factor when it came to female veterans.
In late 2017, the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada unveiled a new suicide-prevention strategy with new services and supports for service members and veterans.
While Tuesday's report does not look at whether those efforts have been successful, it does look at some of circumstances around the 13 full-time male service members who took own lives in 2017.
All 13 were found to have reported at least one problem at work or home, with seven experiencing marital difficulties, nine having gone through the death of a family member or friend and eight experiencing difficulty at work.
Nearly one-third had also reported having problems with an addiction or substance-abuse while five were found to have either thought about or previously attempted suicide. It does not say what support they did or did not receive.
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11.18.2019
The tragic reach of PTSD
Steve Murphy interviews Dr. John Whelan, a psychologist who specializes in veterans' health.
The tragic reach of PTSD
Steve Murphy interviews Dr. John Whelan, a psychologist who specializes in veterans' health.
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Family's lawsuit says racial discrimination in military to blame for soldier's death
Caroline Barghout · CBC News · Posted: Nov 25, 2019
Caroline Barghout · CBC News · Posted: Nov 25, 2019
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