Dr Andrew McCulloch says, "The Government and the Ministry of Defence are failing to meet the needs of returning service men and women by relying on already overstretched NHS mental health services to pick up the pieces. They do little to ensure that service men and women are protected from trauma. During the Great War soldiers were executed for cowardice when they could have been suffering from PTSD. Today there is still a moral case for the Government to answer when it sends the military to fight its battles and then leaves soldiers to fend for themselves when they return."
"People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by military conflict have needs that require specific services not available on the NHS. Evidence shows that veterans with a delayed diagnosis become more severely ill than those recognised soon after the initial experience. The Ministry of Defence refuses to take responsibility for the thousands of men and women who suffer from this real and debilitating illness. It needs to learn lessons from the US, where they provide early intervention readjustment counselling services and fund a National Centre for PTSD. Nothing like this exists for British troops. We have a first class army with third class mental health services."
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/page....NR0303&print=1
the numer of psychological disorder americans coming from iraq is outstanding, not counting all the maimed and deformed