Synopsis
Veteran BBC war reporter Allan Little investigates how the battlefield trauma of the Vietnam War - post-traumatic stress disorder - now ends up in British motor insurance claims, workplace accidents and school bullying.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: The Trauma Industry
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2009
- PSHE | Bullying
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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