How one veteran empowered a generation of soldiers to heal from PTSD
After serving in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and civil war,
Lieutenant Colonel Stéphane Grenier returned home haunted by his
experiences. Facing post-traumatic stress disorder and an archaic
establishment, he spent ten years confronting--and changing--the
military mental health system from within.
Coining the term "Operational Stress Injury" to allow the military to
see mental injury in the same light as a physical wound, he founded the
Operational Stress Injury Social Support program that provides help for
mentally injured soldiers and veterans.
Since retiring from the military in 2012, his ground breaking approach
has been adopted by civilian society. Through his social enterprise
Mental Health Innovations, Grenier delivers his direct "walk the talk"
method to improve mental well being in government and business.