Canadian Armed Forces Veterans: Mental Health Findings from the 2013 Life After Service Survey

Abstract: This document reports analysis of the mental health findings from the 2013 Life After Service Survey of Canadian Armed Forces Veterans. The goal was to produce a comprehensive reference document to inform policies, programs, services and research intended to support the mental health and well-being of CAF Veterans after leaving service. The objectives were to describe need in terms of the prevalence and severity of mental health problems, identify characteristics of subgroups with and without mental health problems, describe service utilization by Veterans with mental health problems and identify possible implications of the findings for policies, programs and services. This first phase of the mental health analysis lays the foundation for part two: more precise estimates of the extent of mental health problems and multivariable modelling to identify factors that identify potentially vulnerable subgroups and potentially protective factors in CAF Veterans.