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Nadia Whittome quit university to become a care worker and then a Member of Parliament, and was voted into the House of Commons at just 23 years of age. But her struggle with her mental health meant she had to take sick leave for a few months this summer after suffering from PTSD.
New statistics shown to this programme suggest that PTSD and depression among frontline workers in England are more prevalent than previously thought.
Former soldiers are finding creative ways to cope with their mental illness. An exhibition by the organisation Style for Soldiers has been showcasing artworks by medically discharged servicemen suffering from PTSD and brain injuries. Their work often reveals the impact of the ‘invisible wounds’ left by war.
For so many looking from a distance at Grenfell, there was the frustration of not knowing what to do to help. The actress Kathy Burke decided to edit a book – called ’24 Stories’ in tribute to the 24 floors at Grenfell Tower – full of different writers talking about hope, community and positivity. She…
Dozens of members and veterans of the British armed forces are turning to new anonymous apps to share their struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, Channel 4 News has found.
Improv games are used in comedy shows all over the world. But they can also help veterans suffering the crippling anxiety disorder post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Alex Thomson
Warfare has undergone bizarre twists down the centuries, but the current life of the drone operator in the western deserts of the USA is beyond weird – and there is evidence it is beyond the tolerance some of the humans involved.
The Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has been found guilty of failing to stop and failing to report a road traffic collision after a late night crash in south Wales in November last year.
Could this clinic mark a shift in the way we view psychedelics? Or is it an expensive, under-researched and unproven experiment?
He fought in Iraq and Afghanistan – but Richard Cottrell can’t escape the trauma of war. Neither can his wife – who lives with a daily reminder of his post traumatic stress disorder – and has spoken out powerfully about life under the shadow of PTSD.
Former Marine Craig MacLellan, who has been helped to survive post-traumatic stress disorder by the companionship of his pet Labrador, has set up Veterans with Dogs to help others like him.
A Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker who claims to have suffered extensive torture before escaping to the UK has won a last minute reprieve just hours before he was due to be forcibly deported.
A former US paratrooper beats up a suspected robber on his property, puts the footage on YouTube, adds a reggae soundtrack – and creates a viral hit.
He was cleared of murder, but found guilty of the culpable homicide – or manslaughter – of Reeva Steenkamp. But could Oscar Pistorius avoid jail? And how long could his sentence be?
Weeks after William Hague’s summit on sexual violence in conflict, the British government is to deport a Tamil woman back to Sri Lanka, despite claims she was repeatedly raped by Sri Lankan soldiers.