When should a soldier seek therapy? Because service members can be removed from duty if they are mentally unwell, it's not always an easy answer. Here's how our armed forces operate regarding mental health.
mental health providers, not just military providers.
However, what I’ve just described are very serious conditions. For much of the military, the typical problems that someone might want to see a therapist for do not fall into these categories. To provide clarity on what needs to be disclosed, the military issued written regulations in the form of a Department of Defense Instruction, entitled
. Within this document, the military outlines when it is necessary to inform command about mental health care. These specific circumstances are:If a medical/mental health provider determines that a service member is a potential danger to themselves, this must be disclosed to the command so that the individual may be treated and the commander can make risk decisions based on the service member’s duties.
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