2020, Number 2
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Salud Mental 2020; 43 (2)
Mental Health in the Mexican Armed Forces
Ruiz-Chow AA, Zepeda de AJN
Language: English
References: 8
Page: 55-56
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The Mexican Armed Forces comprise the National Defense Secretariat and the Navy Secretariat
(SEMAR). Their mission is to use the power of the Federation for national defense,
contribute to internal security, undertake civic actions and social works that advance the
progress of the country, protect people’s assets in the event of disaster, and reconstruct the
areas affected, in accordance with the Political Constitution, the laws that derive from it
and international treaties. Personnel admitted to the Armed Forces as military personnel
(soldiers and marines) are Mexicans by birth recruited through a continuous system and
evaluated prior to admission as regards their bodily, and mental, and physical health skills.
Once on active duty, they undergo an annual assessment. In recent years, in SEMAR this
annual medical examination has specifically included aspects of mental health to determine
the effect of the functions performed by military personnel on the former. Guidelines are
issued by the Naval Health Division to undertake specific detection and care programs for
various mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and affective and psychotic
disorders.
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