PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) A psychological and physical condition caused by frightening or distressing events. It occurs in up to thirty per cent of people who…
In 1981 consultant psychiatrist Dafydd Alun Jones had a referral from a GP to his clinic in Dolgellau, Wales. The patient had been pensioned out of his family firm suffering from…
Tony White is company secretary and a former chief executive of the drug and alcohol charity CAIS in north Wales. He is a more outspoken critic of government funding than his…
The picture stood in a slim silver frame: My grandfather, the one I had loved most, in uniform, next to his horse, a beautiful sorrel called Roland. Thinking back, that one picture…
The weather couldn’t have been worse as I drove towards Birmingham. Heavy grey clouds added to the gloom and the windscreen wipers were struggling. I was struggling to remain…
David Cameron is often accused of not really believing in anything, of having no consistent political principles, and many right wing conservatives are suspicious of the coalition…
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