Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD for short.
PTSD can start after any traumatic event. A traumatic event is one where we can see that we are in danger, our life is threatened, or where we see other people dying or being injured. Some typical traumatic events would be:
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Bloody Sunday officers defend senior officer
Some of the Paratroopers who served in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday have come to the defence of a senior officer who was criticised in the Saville Report.
Three soldiers die in Afghanistan
Three British troops have died in the space of 24 hours following separate clashes with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Families await Bloody Sunday finding
The families of civilians who lost their lives in the Bloody Sunday shootings are finally being given access to the long awaited Saville report today.
Latest soldier to die in Afghanistan named
A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence.
Arrest data for veterans reveals ‘massive problem’
Thousands of military personnel are being arrested in the UK every month, according to a new study of arrest data.
Bloody Sunday enquiry ‘to rule killings unlawful’
The government has been forced to deny reports that the long awaited Bloody Sunday enquiry has found that soldiers unlawfully killed civilians during the day of clashes 38 years ago.
Taliban using HIV bombs
The Taliban are burying dirty needles contaminated with HIV and hepatitis in a bid to infect British troops, according to reports.
Families remember fallen soldiers
More than 500 relatives of members of the armed forces who were killed in Afghanistan have gathered at the National Memorial Arboretum in a service of remembrance.
Two soldiers from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment killed in Afghanistan
Two British soldiers have been killed in gun battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
US to take control of UK troops in Afghanistan
A US General is to take over operational control of 8,000 UK troops in Afghanistan, in a move that signals the UK’s diminishing military presence in the south of the country.
Marine killed in Afghanistan
The number of prescriptions being written for alcoholism has increased, figures from the NHS confirm.
Two Marines killed in 24 hours
A Marine has been killed while on foot patrol, in Afghanistan's Helmand Province – the second soldier to die in the past 24 hours – the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
Armed forces unhappy with kit, MOD survey finds
Two thirds of armed forces personnel believe they are not well enough equipped and only one in five believes morale is high, according to a Ministry of Defence survey.