Graduates of trauma support centre for military, vets, first responders, warn of more suicides if PTSD program can’t find funding

‘We’re bringing people through with no funding, and it’s killing us,’ says Manuela Joannou, an ER doc and the founder of a treatment program for military personnel, veterans, and first responders.

Project Trauma Support participants, pictured on the facility grounds near Perth, Ontario, in September of 2019. The program brings together veterans and first responders suffering from PTSD and takes them through a series of exercises together, many of them outdoors, to help build trust and come to terms with what some call their 'moral injury.'Photograph courtesy of Project Trauma Support

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

December 14, 2020

A treatment program for military personnel, veterans, and first responders suffering from post traumatic stress disorder is struggling to find funding, and graduates of the program warn that lives could be on the line if the program is forced to downsize.

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