If you’re experiencing symptoms of shell shock, such as flashbacks, anxiety, and sleep problems, there are many therapeutic and community-based options for support. “Shell shock” is a term used to ...

Shell shock is a term originating from World War 1 to describe soldiers experiencing symptoms related to direct warfare. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can ...

Mental health trauma has always been a part of war. When 'shell-shock' was first diagnosed, patients were given shocks and other harsh treatments to get them to 'snap out of it.' We still may not ...

Most of the 9.7 million soldiers who perished in WWI were killed by the conflict's unprecedented firepower. Many survivors experienced acute trauma. Hulton Archive / Getty Images In September 1914, at ...

From shell shock in WWI to PTSD today many of those who made it home from war were left mentally scarred and traumatised. Historian Dan Snow explores the on-going mental health crisis in veterans.