Troops Face Mental Trauma 'On the Scale of Vietnam' [Scot Region]

Daily MailMarch 02, 2009

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BRITAIN faces a mental health timebomb among troops returning from Afghanistan that could be as severe as that experienced in the U.S. after the Vietnam War, it was claimed yesterday.

Military heroes, former Army chiefs and MPs joined forces to demand far-reaching changes to the way mentally traumatised servicemen and women are cared for once they leave the forces. Many struggle to find adequate treatment within the NHS.

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Troops Face Mental Trauma 'On the Scale of Vietnam' [Scot Region]

The campaigners claimed that years of intense fighting in Afghanistan threaten...

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