UK: Surge of Veterans Looking for Help With Combat PTSD

Veterans' PTSD cases up a quarter in a year charity warns 
The Telegraph
Ben Farmer
Defence Correspondent
March 31, 2015

Britain is seeing a "very concerning" surge in veterans looking for help with PTSD and other mental health problems after the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the charity Combat Stress warns, after it has seen its cases jump 26 percent in a year

The number of veterans seeking help for PTSD and other mental health problems has jumped more than a quarter in the past year alone with a surge of cases from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, a leading military charity has warned.

Combat Stress says it is now deals with six new veterans asking for help each day and is at its busiest in its 96-year-history.

The 26 per cent increase in the past year is more than double the rise seen the year before and is mainly due to a “marked rise” in Afghanistan and Iraq veterans coming forward.

The latest rise follows a string of annual increases and the toll of cases from the wars of the past decade will continue to increase, the charity believes. It is calling on the Government to spend more on NHS treatment for them.

Walter Busuttil, director of medical services, said: “We are very concerned at the significant rise in those coming forward with military PTSD. 
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