Their original name was the Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Society and they opened their first “recuperative home” in 1920 on Putney Hill in South West London, for those suffering Shell-Shock from WW1.
For over a century, Combat Stress have helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.
Before organizations like the NHS were even started, back in 1919, the pioneering founders of Combat Stress revolutionized Britain’s approach to mental health care and changed public attitudes along the way.
The approach of those who started Combat Stress, laid solid foundations for the organization to provide treatment to veterans’ across the UK. Their aim today, is to help veterans tackle their past, and face a much brighter future.
Combat Stress now have treatment hubs in Scotland, Northern Ireland, South, Central and the North West of England. They are also part of a much bigger family of military organizations, who provide specialized welfare and healthcare support to Britain’s ex-forces community.
Combat Stress have helped over 14,000 veterans in the last year alone, and you can find out more about combatstress.org.uk through their website, or you can join the conversation over at @CombatStress on Twitter and Facebook.
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