Mental health problems are on the rise among armed forces
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3212
TO BE ANSWERED ON 23rd March, 2020
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE ARMED FORCES
3212. DR. SANTANU SEN:
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that mental health problems are on the rise among armed forces;
(b) the number of mental health cases reported in last five years along with the name and status of the top ten mental health problems; and
(c) whether cases of fratricide are on the rise, if so, the details thereof?
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ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK
(a) & (b): The number of psychiatric disorder cases reported in last five years in Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy (IN) are as under:
|
Year
|
Number of cases
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|
|
IAF
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IN
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|
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2014
|
371
|
181
|
|
2015
|
287
|
166
|
|
2016
|
225
|
154
|
|
2017
|
194
|
136
|
|
2018
|
280
|
99
|
As per Annual Health Report – 2018, the rates of mental health problems due to all causes per 1000 individual in respect of Indian Army are as under:
| Year | Rate per 1000 individual |
| 2014 | 3.19 |
| 2015 | 3.12 |
| 2016 | 2.63 |
| 2017 | 2.50 |
| 2018 | 2.63 |
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Specific data of mental health cases in numbers is not centrally maintained by the Indian Army.
The Annual Health Report of the Indian Navy captures the data on mental health problems in the form of Psychotic and Neurotic disorders and as per that 59% of Psychiatric diseases were Psychotic and 41% were Neurotic.
As per Annual Health Report – 2018, the recorded available data on the commonest mental health cases in Indian Army are as under:
| Sl. No. | Morbidity Cause |
Year (Rate per 1000)
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
| (i) | Neurosis | 0.95 | 1.04 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.82 |
| (ii) | Psychosis | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.22 |
| (iii) | Unspecified | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| (iv) | Miscellaneous | 1.96 | 1.76 | 1.55 | 1.40 | 1.58 |
The top ten psychiatric disorder problems in IAF are as follows (but not as per the order):
(i) Unspecified mood disorder
(ii) Acute intoxication
(iii) Schizophrenia
(iv) Delusional disorder
(v) Adjustment disorder
(vi) Bipolar Affective disorder
(vii) Moderate depressive episode
(viii) Generalised anxiety disorder
(ix) Panic disorder
(x) Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
(c) No, Sir.
Source : RAJYA SABHA
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