Tag: police wellness
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Canada Life Denies Amputee RCMP Officer, Sparking Advocate Call to Stand With Injured Veterans and Officers
Background: A Veteran Officer’s Fight for Coverage When retired RCMP constable Jason Hydamacka learned that Canada Life would not cover his amputated leg as part of an on-duty injury claim, it was not just a personal setback. The decision underscored long-standing concerns about how disability benefits are applied to amputations arising from line-of-duty incidents, and…
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Cops on Ketamine: Unregulated Mental Health Treatments for First Responders
Ketamine and the push to help first responders When mental health crises collide with high-stress public service, innovative treatments often move faster than policy and regulation. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy—combining a dissociative drug with guided talk therapy—has emerged as a potential option for police officers, firefighters, and military personnel who carry heavy trauma loads. In rural western…
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Cops on ketamine? Largely unregulated mental health treatment faces hurdles
Introduction: a new doorway for first responders’ mental health When a veteran cop in a rural Western North Carolina town sought help for decades of trauma, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy appeared as a potential turning point. The approach blends psychotherapy with low-dose ketamine, a drug historically tied to anesthesia and, in the public eye, to controversial vivid…