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Kenneth Tupper is a collaborating scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Victoria.

Next week, the new documentary film In Waves and War makes its streaming debut on Netflix in both Canada and the United States. Although focused on the remarkable healing journeys of three U.S. special-operation-forces veterans battling combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a clinic in Mexico, the story has a compelling Canadian connection behind the scenes.

Dismissed and mostly ignored as “shell shock” following the First World War, PTSD among military personnel and veterans is now recognized as a major health concern. For many soldiers, it can be compounded by traumatic brain injury (TBI) from

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