Alarm grows over surge in suicides among British ex-servicemen 10 years after they took part in bloodiest battles of Afghanistan war as 14 'take their own lives' in last two months
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Some 14 army personnel are thought to have killed themselves in two months
- Minister for veterans said he was particularly concerned about a specific unit
- Johnny Mercer said veterans served at 'bloodiest time' during Operation Herrick
- Government is now bringing forward plans for new mental health treatments for veterans
- More than 70 former and current servicemen took their lives in 2018 and at least 50 suicides occurred last year
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-02 |