Ni has world's highest rate of Post traumatic Stress Disorder
Northern Ireland has the world's highest recorded rates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, ahead of war-hit regions such as Israel and Lebanon, at a yearly cost to the public purse of around £175 million, according to a major report by University of Ulster psychologists and Omagh-based trauma treatment experts.
University of California professionals have now revealed that higher rates of traumatic stress could be linked to increased inflammation in heart disease patients.