Germany awakens to treating wounded minds of Afghan vets

PTSD does not know what country the men and women it strikes live in or serve under. This shows that Germany, even with its long history of warfare, they are coming to terms with it.

When we talk about the high numbers in the US military and veteran population, we need to understand we have more suffering because we have more of them.

Germany awakens to treating wounded minds of Afghan vets

Published 13 August, 2010
In Germany, one of the worlds most developed countries, the German army is trying to help hundreds of suspected, but unreported cases, of metal trauma among soldiers who served in combat.

Fighting in a war zone is never easy, but at least when a soldier returns home they can expect to be looked after by the country they fought for, but this is sometimes not the case.
These men were once soldiers.

Andreas Timmerman served Germany for twenty-four years, rising to a Lieutenant Colonel in Afghanistan.
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Germany awakens to treating wounded minds of Afghan vets



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