PTSD

MOOSE JAW — Michael Vernon’s situation has gone from bad to worse, as not only is he homeless, but his doctor has increased his medication because authorities seized his emotional support animal. Vernon, 50, has lived with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-concussion syndrome since 2008 and has owned Maverick, a Doberman pincher, for six years. […]

An audience of police officers, support staff and telecommunications personnel listened as former dispatcher Heather Fyke shared how she had to live with her trauma as one of the first to take the calls on April 6, 2018, when the Humboldt Broncos team bus crashed near Tisdale. She was the guest speaker for the telecommunications […]

A University of Saskatchewan team is leading a $1.4-million study into how psychiatric service dogs can help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder recover from alcohol and drug addictions. Researcher and Professor Darlene Chalmers said concluding the dogs do help in a previous study laid the foundation for the next phase. She said over 30 people […]