Huge numbers of soldiers were treated for shell shock during the First World War. The condition was little understood but from its suffering emerged the most remarkable and enduring poetry from Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. In an extract from his new book, ‘Soldiers Don’t Go Mad’, Charles Glass tells the story of their illness, treatment and friendship
<p>Iraq War veteran Will Robinson brought himself out of a mental health crisis by hiking more than 11,000 miles of trail from the Pacific Crest to the Appalachian, following the century-old prescription of British military doctor Arthur Brock. </p>
<p>Iraq War veteran Will Robinson brought himself out of a mental health crisis by hiking more than 11,000 miles of trail from the Pacific Crest to the Appalachian, following the century-old prescription of British military doctor Arthur Brock. </p>