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Treating soldiers' mental injuries, a challenge for the army health service

2021-01-29T18:47:07.519Z


SURVEY - Since 2009, nearly 3,000 soldiers have suffered from mental health problems, including more than 200 in 2019.


The wound arose suddenly, brutally.

The shrink told me, you won't see it coming.

I didn't think I was depressed.

But it fell on me one day like a wall.

I dived in two or three days,

”said Manuel a few weeks ago, during a meeting with the Association of Defense Journalists (AJD).

The former soldier, very seriously injured in operations in Africa, believed to have been preserved from a post-traumatic syndrome (PTSD).

In a coma after being hit by several bullets, including one in the head, the doctors had reserved their prognosis but he had escaped without consequences.

He had resumed an activity.

Before sinking.

"

So you get everyone on board

He remembers, referring to his family or friends from whom he is moving away.

Today he is better.

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Source: lefigaro

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