First responders gather in B.C. to call for end to stigma in jobs full of trauma

By Camille Bains / The Canadian Press
Change in culture needed for help and support to be successful

Eighteen years as a firefighter had exposed Greg Gauthier to endless trauma, but a call involving a tour bus hitting a family triggered his descent into mental illness as intrusive thoughts and sleepless nights became his daily existence. Gauthier, 48, could no longer function at work, but the stigma of asking for help in a job where chaos is the norm initially prevented him from reaching out.…

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