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When should an emergency referral for mental health care be provided to a soldier?
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Everyone: In my opinion, if anyone is in emotional distress a referral should be made. This becomes particularly important if the person is homicidal, suicidal, or cannot perform the normal activities of daily living.
Answered 5/19/2016
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Harm: When he or she is in imminent danger of harming him or herself and others. You can never be 100% sure of this. But better safe than sorry; reworded, it's better to think that something is wrong, have a checked, and find out that there's nothing wrong then to assume nothing is wrong and find out the hard way that there is.
Answered 3/1/2015
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