BBC Newsnight - Frontline Afghanistan ~ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 2008 05 27 clip

BBC Newsnight - Frontline Afghanistan ~ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 2008 05 27 clip

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15 min

We have an exclusive and deeply disturbing report from Afghanistan about the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among troops and the US military's efforts to deal with this rapidly growing problem.

Since the war on terror began 60,000 US troops have received an initial diagnosis of PTSD, and the US is waking up to the fact that the level of the illness amongst returning veterans is becoming a social ill. Two hundred murders have been committed by veterans - and most victims are their own family members. Newsnight has been given exclusive access to the taskforces now on the frontline trying to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm

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