Impact of Psychological Factors on the Mental Health of Defense Personnel

The aim of the investigation was to study the psychological factors that have an impact on the mental health of defense personnel. The mental health of defense personnel is in jeopardy due to stress and strain of their nature of occupation and life pattern in respective occupation. These stressors that are faced owing to demanding jobs, interpersonal conflicts at workplace and in the family, terrorism, internal conflicts in the countries and others gives a lot of stress to defense personnel which hampers their mental health. The stigma associated with mental illness restricts them to seek help from mental health practioners. The society needs to understand that mental illness is not a matter of shame and needs help just like physical illness. There is need to increase public's awareness regarding mental health issues. There is a strong need to inoculate officers with stress management training.