PTSD: The War in My Head
This film tells the stories of three British soldiers who died in 2018 following lengthy battles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
This film tells the stories of three British soldiers who died last year following lengthy battles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). John Paul Finnigan from Liverpool, Kevin Williams from London, and Kevin Holt from Doncaster were in the same regiment, 2-Rifles, which served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
John Paul Finnigan, who died aged 34 and Kevin Williams, who was 29, took their own lives.
Through personal videos, voice notes, interviews and letters, this film reveals the private battle these men fought with their mental health. While candid conversations with soldiers’ friends and families, document how their illnesses affected those around them.
As pressure mounts on the MOD to admit that they missed cases of PTSD in the wake of traumas experienced by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the film raises serious questions around the whole culture of mental health care in the army, which the Minister for Defence, People and Veterans, Tobias Ellwood says he is trying to change.
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Sean Price, Ruste Juxx and Sav Killz
Comin To Kill
Broadcasts
- Tue 14 May 2019 22:35³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Tue 14 May 2019 23:05³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Tue 14 May 2019 23:25³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One Wales & Wales HD only
- Tue 14 May 2019 23:35³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One Scotland & Scotland HD only
- Sat 1 Jun 2019 03:00
- Thu 13 May 2021 23:30
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