e-6654 Veterans' affairs
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
Veterans Affairs pays for consistent mental health treatment for veterans who live with a service-related mental health condition;
Veterans Affairs may authorize consistent therapy sessions with a registered mental health professional of their choice for veterans' family members engaged in caregiving for the veteran if recommended by a registered mental health professional treating the veteran;
Families and caregivers of veterans are deeply affected by the burden of the veterans' service, particularly when the veteran has service-related mental health conditions and loses their battle with their injury resulting in suicide;
Family members receiving government funded therapy as described above currently lose this funded therapy when the veteran is no longer living. This can interrupt a therapeutic relationship when the patient is most vulnerable and in greatest need; and
In 2021, the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman released a report entitled "Mental Health Treatment Benefits for Family Members, in Their Own Right, for Conditions Related to Military Service" that recommended government-funded mental health treatment to family members of veterans when their mental health condition is related to military service, regardless of the veteran’s own treatment needs.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to act on the recommendations from the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman's report "Mental Health Treatment Benefits for Family Members, in Their Own Right, for Conditions Related to Military Service", particularly the government-funded health treatment for family members of veterans when their mental health condition is related to the veterans' service.
Whereas:
Veterans Affairs pays for consistent mental health treatment for veterans who live with a service-related mental health condition;
Veterans Affairs may authorize consistent therapy sessions with a registered mental health professional of their choice for veterans' family members engaged in caregiving for the veteran if recommended by a registered mental health professional treating the veteran;
Families and caregivers of veterans are deeply affected by the burden of the veterans' service, particularly when the veteran has service-related mental health conditions and loses their battle with their injury resulting in suicide;
Family members receiving government funded therapy as described above currently lose this funded therapy when the veteran is no longer living. This can interrupt a therapeutic relationship when the patient is most vulnerable and in greatest need; and
In 2021, the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman released a report entitled "Mental Health Treatment Benefits for Family Members, in Their Own Right, for Conditions Related to Military Service" that recommended government-funded mental health treatment to family members of veterans when their mental health condition is related to military service, regardless of the veteran’s own treatment needs.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to act on the recommendations from the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman's report "Mental Health Treatment Benefits for Family Members, in Their Own Right, for Conditions Related to Military Service", particularly the government-funded health treatment for family members of veterans when their mental health condition is related to the veterans' service.