Can You Be In The Military With A Treatable Mental Illness?

Question

Do they allow those joining the military who have a mental problem; treatable on medication? Are there any mental illnesses that you will not be allowed in?

A lot of people have some sort of mental condition that they use meds to keep stabilized so I was just wondering about that.

Answer 1

No. They don't. The link below has a list of the mental health problems which preclude entering the military. You can scroll down to paragraph 2-27 and read them all.  

Answer 2

no. any current use of medication for mental illness is  disqualifying./  also LONG TERM treatment for mental illness is Disqualifying( getting therapy.help for six months because your dad died in a car wreck is one thing.  being treated for over a year is something else entirely.

Furthermore soem illness are a PDQ period, such as BiPolar.  

you must be off all meds with a doctor's approval and supervision for a minimum of 12 months and function normally( finish school, hold down a steady job, etc) before any waivers will be considered.  

Answer 3

NO..

They have enough problems with PTSD and suicides and will not exacerbate their mental health issues by letting people in who already can not deal with life.  

Answer 4

Usually no - A friend of mine that wanted to join made the mistake of telling Defence Force Recruiting that he once had a bout of depression, and all of a sudden he's considered too unstable.

Any current medications would likely be a big no-no too. Besides the supply problems likely to be encountered on operations or deployments, there's too many potential complications.

Answer 5

No, meds preclude your membership.