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Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD

Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD

BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND ERIN QUEENAN A new bill was passed last week by the Ontario government to enable first-responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to acquire faster mental-health treatment. What this means, is after decades of needing to prove their PTSD was work-related, first-responders– such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics– in Ontario will no […]