It’s incredible to think, that 2025 marks 106 years since Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health was founded, back on the 12th May, 1919.
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 soldiers suffering Shell-Shock from WW1.
For over a century, Combat Stress have helped former servicemen and women overcome mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression.
Before organizations like the NHS were established after World War Two, 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 challenge the past and face a much brighter future.
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