The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) are running a campaign with the theme of rebuilding shattered lives. It focuses on the real reasons why injured people make compensation claims, how accidents can shatter the lives not just of the victim but their families too, and how compensation is designed to help them piece their lives back together again. APIL president Mike Benner writes, "The myths and misconceptions enshrouding personal injury have made people feel t

Hollywood actor Alex Winter, star of the Bill and Ted films (the third instalment of which is out now), has spoken about his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder. For him, his PTSD was caused by prolonged abuse while growing up as a child actor on Broadway. He suffered the effects of the condition for years, and describes it as wreaking havoc on him, and particularly on the way in which he related to the world around him, and to himself. The effects of PTSD have bee