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Armed Forces: Discharges

Answer

[holding answer 5 March 2010]: The following tables provide information on how many people were discharged from the each of the armed forces on grounds of mental illness under each international classification of diseases code:

Table 1: Naval Service personnel medically discharged with a principal condition of a mental and behavioural disorder, 2001-08
	All	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All	295	30	38	42	29	46	42	39	29
Mood Disorders	118	14	19	13	13	16	19	14	10
Of which:
Depressive Disorder	95	10	13	12	8	15	17	13	7
Neurotic Disorders	126	11	13	20	9	20	20	21	12
Of which:
PTSD	38	*	*	6	*	6	5	8	5
Of which:
Adjustment disorders	26	*	*	*	*	*	6	5	*
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders	12	*	0	*	*	*	0	0	*
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders	14	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	*
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors	16	*	5	*	0	*	*	*	*
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour	*	0	0	*	0	0	*	*	0
Disorders of psychological development	*	0	0	0	0	0	*	0	0

Table 2: Army personnel medically discharged with a principal condition of a mental and behavioural disorder, 2001-08
	All	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All	904	103	112	90	121	119	111	111	137
Psychoactive substance use	29	5	6	*	*	5	*	*	7
Of which:
Disorders due to alcohol	28	5	6	*	*	*	*	*	7
Mood Disorders	307	23	35	33	50	47	32	41	46
Of which:
Depressive Disorder	238	16	22	27	40	35	27	33	38
Neurotic Disorders	418	53	54	40	54	53	52	57	55
Of which:
PTSD	113	7	11	6	11	14	20	19	25
Of which:
Adjustment Disorders	101	19	15	15	14	12	7	10	9
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders	16	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	5
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders	69	12	10	11	6	5	14	*	7
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors	17	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	5
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour	33	8	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Disorders of psychological development	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence	*	0	0	0	*	0	*	*	7

Table 3: RAF personnel medically discharged with a principal condition of a mental and behavioural disorder, 2001-08
	All	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All	332	20	13	28	65	38	78	49	41
Psychoactive substance use	15	0	0	*	*	0	5	6	*
Of which:
disorders due to alcohol	15	0	0	*	*	0	5	6	*
Mood Disorders	132	11	*	13	19	14	31	14	27
Of which:
Depressive Disorder	110	9	*	10	13	13	24	14	24
Neurotic Disorders	143	9	9	12	32	20	30	21	10
Of which:
PTSD	13	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Of which:
Adjustment disorders	84	5	*	*	20	14	24	9	6
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders	*	0	0	0	*	0	*	0	0
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders	14	0	0	*	*	*	*	5	*
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors	10	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour	14	0	0	0	7	*	5	*	0
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence	*	0	0	0	*	0	*	0	0
Note:
Numbers smaller than five are represented as "*" in line with the Office for National Statistics guidelines. Where there is only one number smaller than five in any row or column the next smallest number has also been replaced.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

507 c336-9W; 320774

Session

2009-10

Related items

Armed Forces: Mental Health
Monday, 15 March 2010
Written questions
House of Lords

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Yes

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Armed forces Discharges

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Yes

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