PTSD in the UK, Soldiers and families suffer there too

When we read about things happening here we assume it is just the US but it is not. Once in a while a report comes out from another country.

Soldier who killed his two young children 'was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder'
Michael Pedersen, the former soldier who committed suicide after killing his two young children, told his doctor he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder brought about from his time in the Army less than a month before the incident.
The Telegraph
By Tom Rowley
05 Dec 2012

Sgt Pedersen, a former cavalryman who was riding Sefton when his unit was hit by an IRA nail bomb in Hyde Park in 1982, was "angry" after his marriage broke down weeks before he stabbed his children and then himself, an inquest in Winchester heard.

His son Ben, seven, was stabbed at least six times in his chest while his daughter Freya, six, was stabbed in the heart and a major artery in her arm was severed in the incident in September, the coroner was told.

Sgt Pedersen then stabbed himself three times in the chest and once through his forearm. Multiple stab wounds were identified as the cause of death for all three.
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