Invisible wounds: France faces up to war trauma
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...