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UK: The Last Ambush? Aspects of mental health in the British armed forces

28 October 2013

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"ForcesWatch published a major report detailing how post-war mental health problems are most common in young soldiers from disadvantaged backgrounds; also in veterans who left the forces in the last decade. The report, and our campaign to raise the age of recruitment to 18, got considerable media attention"

See: The Last Ambush? Aspects of mental health in the British armed forces (Forces Watch, link)

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