The military medical authorities advise that there is no reason to believe that the incidence of depressive illness among members of the Defence Forces is different from that of the general population or that, where depressive illness does occur, it is related to or is a direct result of military service.
The Defence Forces have a comprehensive stress awareness and stress management policy, a chaplaincy service, a personnel support service which includes civilian social workers and trained military counsellors, and the Medical Corps provides or co-ordinates medical treatment for personnel when this is indicated or requested.