published : 18 Jul 2021 at 10:45 Gradually, sometimes over years, the trauma of experiences on the battlefield sets in
PARIS - Christophe came close to death in Afghanistan, Raphael saw one body bag after another in the Sahel region of Africa, while Omar does not even want to talk about what he experienced on the battlefield.
Bit by bit, the trauma settled in, over the course of many years.
The French military recognises the problem of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for its troops, among the busiest and most exposed in the Western world in terms of active deployments in deadly environments.
But it is seeking to ease the trauma endured by thousands of them with new techniques also practised by Western allies including Canada and the United States.
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