La psychiatrie militaire et le soin : une subversion de la pratique expertale ?

Abstract

Determining medical fitness for service in the armed forces is one of the missions of the military health service, which is well acquainted with the different situations in which soldiers are deployed. Medico-psychological expertise in a military environment requires a thorough knowledge of psychiatric pathology, of soldiers’ psychopathology, environmental constraints and regulatory standards specific to each specialty. It is today the responsibility of the medical officers, who can call on the support of specialists from psychiatric wards in military hospitals, with a twofold mission of providing care and assessing fitness for duty.