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Theatre therapy helps PTSD sufferers

10 January 2012 | England  By Sue Kinnear 
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A new theatre project is helping veterans deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The project from Forces charity Combat Stress uses acting as a form of therapy for former service personnel.

The men have been rehearsing Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and hope to perform the play at a West End theatre later in the year.

The charity predicts more than 7,200 troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan will develop PTSD in the coming years.

For more information visit www.combatstress.org.uk