Originally Posted by
Melchett01
I’ve often wondered about mental health and those service personnel in some of our more sensitive areas requiring enhanced clearances. How do they handle the issue? I would hope that it would be seen in the same light as declaring an illness, and as well as being treated they wouldn’t face the prospect of losing their clearances and livelihoods. However, I remain to be convinced that such personnel aren’t still viewed as a security risk and quietly shuffled off - I know of at least 2 in that boat. But failure to be treated surely represents a risk in itself in these cases. Does the system recognise this?
I’ve never known a DV clearance or above be withdrawn as a result of mental health issues alone. One of the more commendable things that Defence has done is to clear a selected few mental health practitioners to the highest security levels so that those from more specialist areas can speak more freely about their experiences.