Stéphane Grenier (soldier)
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Stéphane Grenier is a French-Canadian military officer known for his work on psychological war trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. Grenier developed the term Operational Stress Injury (OSI) to describe psychological injuries caused by military duty.[1][2]
Military career
Grenier joined the Canadian Army in 1983 serving in Rwanda 1994–95, where he was UNAMIR spokesperson.[3] After Rwanda he suffered his own undiagnosed PTSD and depression. In 2001 he coined the term Operational Stress Injury (OSI) and took on a role as advisor and organiser for the Canadian military of the Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) Program. Grenier served again overseas in Kandahar in 2007.
Grenier gave an interview to CBC News for "Broken Heroes" 5 May 2009, and a statement to the Canadian Parliament 23 November 2010.[4][5] Grenier has expanded his activity from military psychological trauma to civilian mental health programs. In April 2010, he became a part-time member of the staff at the Workforce Advisory Committee of the Mental Health Commission, on loan from the Canadian Forces.
References
- ↑ Raymond M. Scurfield, Katherine Theresa Platoni War Trauma and Its Wake: Expanding the Circle of Healing 2012 p93 "after this that Major Stéphane Grenier proposed a peer support initiative. ... visible physical injuries, these psychological and physiological symptoms resulted from injuries to the brain and psyche, caused by exposure to military-related trauma.... Lieutenant Colonel Grenier developed the term Operational Stress Injury (OSI) to describe a collection of psychological injuries that stem from military duty. It was an attempt to reduce the stigma associated with psychiatric diagnoses and to ."
- ↑ J. Don Richardson, Kathy Darte, Stéphane Grenier, Allan English Operational Stress Injury Social Support: A Canadian Innovation - 2008.
- ↑ Larry Minear Soldiers to the Rescue: Humanitarian Lessons from Rwanda 1996 p80 "Six months after the April events, UNAMIR spokesperson Captain Stéphane Grenier noted that UN troops were "deployed to each of the sectors in sufficient numbers to ensure the necessary levels of security, stability, and support required by ..."
- ↑ Canada Parliament. LCol Stéphane Grenier (Operational Stress Injury Special Advisor, Chief Military Personnel, Department of National Defence) at the Veterans Affairs Committee Statement 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Bio