CityNews Winnipeg: Quicker supports for military veterans needed: say experts

Dr. Jitender Sareen, the Department Head of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, says while improvements have been made in the aftercare of veterans in the past two decades, there’s still a gap in how quickly people can get the different kinds of care they need.

“Over the life course, up to six out of 10 military veterans will have depression or anxiety or a substance-use problem sometime in their life,” said Jitender, whose research is in mental health with a focus on PTSD, depression and suicide prevention for veterans and public safety personnel.

“The majority of people when they get the right treatments at the right time, they actually recover. Often, the challenge is not having enough of those resources in a timely manner.”

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