War veterans are mental health 'timebomb' says Former SAS solider Andy McNab)
This is serious, McNab predicted that without improved care a high number of those fighting in the "war on terror" would go on to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - and in some cases commit suicide.
Two articles, one from Sky News the other from
Andy McNab, Bravo Two Zero Author, Warns Of Mental Health Problems Among War Veterans
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Andy-McNab-Bravo-Two-Zero-Author-Warns-Of-Mental-Health-Problems-Among-War-Veterans/Article/200809215094781?lid=ARTICLE_15094781_AndyMcNab,BravoTwoZeroAuthor,WarnsOfMentalHealthProblemsAmongWarVeterans&lpos=searchresults
and
Life after war: when the guns fall silent
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4703333.ece
"The reabsorption of former soldiers into a prosaic, peaceful society has always presented problems, and the soldiers of Iraq and Afghanistan will be no different. “Give it about a decade, I reckon,” says McNab. “It’s a time bomb.”
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One in eight soldiers returning from service during the first year of the Iraq war was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or some other mental illness, according to the most comprehensive study yet of the effects of war on the mental health of veterans.
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Tanyaa
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This is bad, and I'd think it is probably on the low side as well..
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