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The mental scars of soldiers

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Last week in the US an army sergeant was accused of waterboarding his own four-year-old daughter after she refused to recite her ABCs. This story emerged as London’s Guardian newspaper reported that during a time of critical stress for military hospitals, there was little concrete information about soldiers’ mental health.

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Suicide Risk Rises For Young War Veterans

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Young soldiers returning from Afghanistan are up to three times more likely to kill themselves than civilians of the same age, according to the Mental Health Foundation.

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Wives of deployed soldiers more likely to be depressed

Monday, January 18th, 2010

London: A new study has revealed that wives of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions than women whose husbands are not deployed.

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Homecomings fit for heroes? The plight of Britain’s veterans

Monday, November 16th, 2009

The sombre procession of six coffins, draped in Union flags, along the streets of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire on Tuesday was yet another reminder of the human cost of the war in Afghanistan. Each contained the body of a British soldier killed there the previous week

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Returning U.K. Soldiers Suffer from Depression, Turn to Alcohol

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Research conducted by psychiatrists in Britain has revealed that members of the country’s armed forces returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan commonly suffer from depression, with many turning to alcohol for relief.

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Returning troops hit by alcohol abuse, depression

Friday, October 30th, 2009

LONDON (Reuters) – Alcohol abuse and depression are common among British troops returning from conflict deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan but post traumatic stress is less of a problem than previously thought, researchers said on Friday

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Revealed: the hidden army in UK prisons

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The number of former servicemen in prison or on probation or parole is now more than double the total British deployment in Afghanistan, according to a new survey. An estimated 20,000 veterans are in the criminal justice system, with 8,500 behind bars, almost one in 10 of the prison population.

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Afghanistan’s hidden toll: Troops invalided out triple in three years

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

An article about the effect that the conflict in Afghanistan is having on troops mental health

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‘British troops face risk of massive mental health problems’

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

An article about the mental health problems faced by British troops

British soldiers are faced with massive mental health problems due to drastic working conditions and out of date support techniques, a former Special Air Service soldier has revealed.

 

Ex-trooper Bob Paxman, 41, has broken the SAS vow of silence to reveal the risk soldiers face fighting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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More cash call for veterans’ care

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

The head of a veterans’ charity has called for more investment in mental health services for former servicemen – claiming planned NHS investment was “a spit in the ocean”.

 

Commodore Toby Elliott, the outgoing chief executive of the charity Combat Stress, also said the health service often failed to understand the specific needs of ex-military patients.

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