Special Episode - Understanding the Cost of Saving the Day, Every Day

In this episode, James Humber, a Translational and Molecular Medicine student from the University of Ottawa, interviews Dr. Simon Hatcher on behalf of his team for the TMM 4950 Science Communication course. Dr. Hatcher is a psychiatrist at the Ottawa Hospital and Medical Director of Psychiatry at Ottawa Inner City Health. He’s also a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on suicide prevention and managing the effects of trauma. Together, they address the factors surrounding public safety personnel suicides in Ontario, the contributing stressors, and how policies can change to ensure better mental health care. Special thanks to Dr. Nicholas Carleton, a professor of clinical psychology and registered clinical psychologist in Saskatchewan, who contributed to the making of this episode.Learn more: https://hatchingideaslab.com/researchhttps://ptsslab.ca/2:18 | Introducing our guest: Dr. Simon Hatcher4:22 | Rethinking resilience in public safety personnel (PSP)5:12 | Discussion of findings from his recent (2024) paper7:40 | Exploring Dr. Nick Carleton’s insights14:28 | Looking ahead: A message of hope15:24 | Closing remarksPerfect Storm - Kara Square and Piero Peluche by Piero Peluche (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/pieropeluche/61852 Ft: Kara SquareJames Humber (Host), Angélique Cayer (Producer), and Mélodie Bellefleur (Writer)