After The Falklands - 1,000,000 Appeal

A member of www.Ecademy.com, one of the worldís leading business social networking groups, has developed a revolutionary technique giving new hope to British veterans who are long term casualties of PTSD.

When David Walters announced his plans on Ecademy a number of Networkers rallied round to support what David is doing. Since launching this program all the support ñ book publishing, PR advice, graphic design, web design management support, fund raising, sponsorship and even arranging a charity auction has been donated by Ecademy members.

Penny Power, Founder of Ecademy.com confirmed ìwe are thrilled to see the results that David is achieving though Ecademy, Social Networking is a skill that business people and charities alike should engage with and learn about; the combined skills and contacts found inside Social Networks allows enormous results to be achieved at little or no cost, leveraging the Internet and a network is the most cost effective way for business owners and charities to achieve big resultsî.

The Walters Method ô for releasing PTSD symptoms has been effective with over 70% of those completing the training achieving total release from their PTSD symptoms before the end of the four week program. Traditional therapies often take a considerable time to achieve a breakthrough and often cause considerable pain and anxiety for the casualty and frequently provide only limited relief. All of those obtaining complete relief have remained symptom free since the course. This was typically after 25 or more years of nightmares, flashbacks and repeated suicide attempts.

Once released from the military veterans get no mental health support from the MoD. Complex, late onset PTSD affects around 10% of those who experience combat and the NHS is unable to cope with the numbers of British veterans suffering from PTSD. So they are condemned to live in a world of nightmares, flashbacks and violent rage. These untreated casualties attempt to self medicate with alcohol and drugs. Often they become reclusive, suffering emotional shutdown and their marriages and family lives collapse. Many end up unemployed, homeless or in prison.

ï Since the Falklands war ended over 300 veterans have committed suicide and as many as 2,000 are still PTSD casualties.

ï Up to 7% of the UK prison population (potentially 5,000 inmates) are ex-military (this problem has just been taken up by the Defence Select Committee)

ï Around 25% of the homeless are British military veterans (almost 60,000 people)

ï The incidence of PTSD among Iraq veterans has increased by 75% this year

ï Combat Stress, the Ex-services mental welfare charity, will soon be overwhelmed with the increasing demand for respite care

One of the countries leading charities - P3, the social inclusion charity (No 1 in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies List 2007 and Charity Times, UK Charity of the Year Overall Winner 2005) the has teamed up with Help Me Overcome (a leading stress resilience training company) to deliver this training to help PTSD casualties. The book ìAfter the Falklandsî (www.AfterTheFalklands.com) has been written to raise money to deliver the PTSD relief training to all veterans who are suffering from PTSD and have not received effective support elsewhere. 10 from the sale of every book will go to the charity to fund this service.