314 Index Smart, Corporal Danny, 147–52 Smith, Mark, 202, 215 ‘smokers’, 219 sodium amytal, 59 Soldier, 100 Somme offensive, 33 Soubry, Anna, 162, 205 South Atlantic Medal Association,

246 Southborough, Lord, 36 SS Canberra , 6 5 SSAFA, 127, 196, 201 Stallone, Sylvester, 61 stellate ganglion block, 270 Stowell, Frank, 78 stress debriefings, 15 stress hormones, 235, 238 Styles, Derek (‘Tinker’), 81 Sue (founder of Combat PTSD

Angels), 209–226, 285 suicide bombers, 161, 117 suicides, xvii, 123–9 Sun, 136 Sun Tui, 229–32, 234, 241–4 Sunday Times, 124 Surf Action, 202 sweat lodges, Native American, 68

talking therapies, 235, 290

see also cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) tattoos, 15–16, 171, 183, 202, 213,

221 Taylor, Gillian, 196, 285 Thermopylae Pass, Battle of, 27 Thirty Years War, 77 Timson, Dr Shirley, 185–6 Tobruk, 56 Tom Harrison House, 86, 197

Townsend, Steve, 177–8, 276–80,

286, 289 Trafalgar, Battle of, 135 tramadol, 119–20 ‘transition training’, 288–9 Trauma Risk Management

(TRiM) system, 70, 78, 144–7 ‘traumatic memory’, 50, 63–4 Treadwell, Dr James, 101 triggers, xi–xii Tripoli, 57 Troughton, Albert, 31 Turnbull, Professor Gordon, 85 Ty Gwyn, 68–9, 249, 256, 267 Tyrwhitt, Sir Reginald, 188

Unload, 179 US military, and PTSD, 123, 142,

191, 285, 287

Vagrancy Act, 94 Van der Kolk, Dr Bessel, 235–8,

240, 267, 272, 275 veterans definition of, 98, 291 and fear of crime waves, 94–5 and prison, 93–103, 108–9 and violent offending, 108–10 Veterans First Point, 174 Veterans Mental Health Network,

174 Veterans’ NHS Wales, 174 Vietnam War, 26, 61–4, 256 Vipassana meditation, 258–9, 261,

265 ‘virtual reality’ simulations, 270

Waterloo, Battle of, 77 Watson, Dr Alexander, 29