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Military psychiatry

Military psychiatry covers special aspects of psychiatry and mental disorders within the military context.^[1]^[2] The aim of military psychiatry is to keep as many serving personnel as possible fit for duty and to treat those disabled by psychiatric conditions.^[1]

Prevalence

Psychiatric disorders have been related to the greatest number of casualties and discharges in several wars.^[3] Such conditions typically have somatic manifestations.^[3] On-site, emergency psychiatric treatment reduces the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity within the military context.^[3]

Psychiatry
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