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Mental health help for soldiers

Armed forces personnel in the East Midlands with mental health problems will soon be treated closer to home.

In 2009 the Sycamore Assessment Unit in Grantham will take on about 15 military personnel due to a deal between the NHS and Ministry of Defence.

Staff will deal with issues such as anxiety management, depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTS).

Currently service men or women in the area have to travel almost 200 miles for such treatment.

Peter Howie of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust said: "It means servicemen for the first time for a long time can receive mental health services near to their families near to their colleagues and can receive what are frankly the best services the NHS has to offer."

According to the Ministry of Defence, 4,000 new cases of mental health disorders were diagnosed last year - nearly half of which were among military personnel serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.



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