ARMY recruitment is being crippled by an “out-of-date” mental health policy which is preventing thousands joining up, sources say.- are being banned from joining the Army years later, they insist.Now insiders have revealed more than 5,000 are being turned away every year because of the policy.
And the true number could be even higher with one source confirming that is a “very conservative estimate.”process said: “Mental health policy is out-of-date and has not changed sufficiently to reflect changes in society’s attitudes.“Yet, any diagnosis of aproblem immediately means they are ineligible to sign-up. This needs to change and would boost enlistment rates.”
According to latest figures the Army is more than 7,000 troops short of the Government’s figure of 82,000.Kids killed by mum to make way for sex work buried by dad in carriage funeralMeghan hires PR firm that helped Weinstein to improve her damaged imageTAKING THE PFlood alerts as torrential rain to lash UK before Dorian could trigger heatwaveInsiders say those who seek help are later being ruled out of serving years later – despite recovering and becoming potentially model recruits.
The revelation comes as a recent study revealed almost 10 per cent of pupils are seeking healthcare advice to deal with exam stress.
Good grief, what is happening when students feel the need to seek out medical help for exam stress? How disheartening to think so many people have no coping mechanism in place.
Seeking a doctor for exam stress? Really? Someone that weak doesn't even deserve to be in the gene pool.
If they can't hack kids exams they have no business on the front line.
DavidWilletts3 Well, exam stress is one thing. People trying to kill you is another. We used to be able to say 'grow some'. But not anymore.
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