"PTSD is a serious threat.Unfortunately too many people don't believe it. I was shocked to read a comment by a woman employed in a senior capacity in Veterans' Affairs to the effect that PTSD was just something for a veteran to claim. In fairness, she was not typical of the attitudes in that department or in Canadian Forces."I lost a dear friend to it last year, long after the terrorist attack she was tending to during the 1st Gulf War."
Fortunately Canadian Forces and Veterans' Affairs is taking it seriously.
The Roméo Dallaire occurrence brought the problem dramatically to the public's attention.
BTW Dallaire's book "Shake Hands with the Devil" about the Rwanda job may be enlightening to some.
Shake Hands with the Devil
LGen Roméo Dallaire
Random House Canada
Hardcover ISBN 0-7867-1487-5
Trade Paperback ISBN 0-7867-1510-3
RIP soldier Manning.