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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

UK:PTSD on trial Traumatised veterans' fight for care

Traumatised veterans' fight for care

By Paul Burnell
BBC File On 4


Darren Wright looked destined for a successful military career, decorated for bravery in Afghanistan and an army boxing champion.

Instead he is serving an 11-year prison sentence for the violent kidnap, with five other men, of a wealthy businessman from Glasgow.

His family has no doubt the war hero became a criminal owing to a lack of effective care and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) brought on by horrific scenes he witnessed in Afghanistan.

"He got this idea in his head he'd got to protect his family so he slept downstairs as if on guard waiting for the enemy to arrive," his stepmother Mary Costigan told BBC File On 4.

The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday reported diagnosing almost 4,000 new cases of mental illness among forces personnel last year, with those sent to Afghanistan or Iraq most likely to be traumatised.
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