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Answer by mich
All military personnel are eligible for mental health assistance through the military base or VA if needed. This includes psychiatric and psychological help. There is one on one counseling and group counseling along with meds. There are mental health hospitals with full inpatient care. Basically, It's just like any other job when you have to go see a psychiatrist or psychologist.
Answer by reconciled one
Military members have access to Military Treatment Facilities which include full mental health. When a MTF is not available, civilian health care is authorized. By using MilitaryOneSource (website), a military member can see a counselor anonymously for up to 6 visits. They also have full access to social workers and chaplains.
Answer by sailorwes
I am a retired U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps officer. Mental health benefits are among the medical benefits availale to all active duty service members, dependents(spouses and children) and retired members. You can probably access some information thru each services Surgeon General's offices.
In my experience there can sometimes be a great deal of stigma attached to an active duty person who seeks mental health care...although there should not be. Except in some positions needing a high security clearance, etc. In the Navy and Marine Corps at least service members applying for special programs such as nuclear programs, submarine duty, flight duty, SEALS, etc receive thorough psychiatric screening before being accepted into those programs.
Yet, even once you are in those programs if you have some sort of mental health problem frequently you would probably try to hide it from your command. I know in my 28 years of active duty as I advanced thru the enlisted rates/ranks and then subsequently thru the commissioned ranks I hid my bipolar for a very long time of suffering. Not until my career was nearly done did I seek help....in the work I was doing I probably would have lost my security clearances, and subsequent promotions, if I had sought help earlier. There is no complete privacy of medical records. Commanders have the right to know,
Hope this helps
Answer by guitaaron
There is an excellent lead on this in about.com. This should point you in the right direction. In essence, the military maintains that medical care is free to all, including mental health care. However, in recent years, the military has systematically cut staffing and consolidated medical facilities as a cost-saving measure. Recent news attention paid to Walter Reed highlights the issue, but it's really deeper than that. You've really got to dig to get the relevant data, but it's out there:
http://usmilitary.about.com/library/weekly/aa092302k.htm
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