SPC Private RallyPoint Member292366<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm trying to get some information in regards to behavioral health med boards.<br /><br />I recently got a company grade article 15 for doing to dumb stuff. However, before I got the article, my wife sensed something was different with me, as well as I did. So, I ended up going to behavioral health to get some help.<br /><br />Long story short, I have dissociacated identity dissorder. I am wondering if my NCO's or my command should have pushed for any articles, or if they should have realized that I have a mental disorder and that I am trying to get help with it.Should a behavioral health diagnosis affect whether one receives an Article 15?2014-10-24T14:52:50-04:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member292366<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm trying to get some information in regards to behavioral health med boards.<br /><br />I recently got a company grade article 15 for doing to dumb stuff. However, before I got the article, my wife sensed something was different with me, as well as I did. So, I ended up going to behavioral health to get some help.<br /><br />Long story short, I have dissociacated identity dissorder. I am wondering if my NCO's or my command should have pushed for any articles, or if they should have realized that I have a mental disorder and that I am trying to get help with it.Should a behavioral health diagnosis affect whether one receives an Article 15?2014-10-24T14:52:50-04:002014-10-24T14:52:50-04:00SGT Richard H.292377<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Were they aware of it (as in the Doctor diagnosis) beforehand? If not, they wouldn't necessarily be qualified to identify a disorder.Response by SGT Richard H. made Oct 24 at 2014 2:55 PM2014-10-24T14:55:20-04:002014-10-24T14:55:20-04:00SFC Mark Merino326364<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would like the name of the psychiatrist who gave you that diagnosis.Response by SFC Mark Merino made Nov 14 at 2014 5:44 AM2014-11-14T05:44:36-05:002014-11-14T05:44:36-05:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member326366<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dissociacated? I think you mean dissociative. And that's a questionable diagnosis as (from what I've read) even medical experts can't agree if it actually exists or if it's just a symptom of other psychiatric issues. Furthermore, this is probably the #1 "condition" that people get "diagnosed" with when they're either seeking attention, or have legal/financial considerations. It's going to raise eyebrows at to its reality.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2014 5:58 AM2014-11-14T05:58:35-05:002014-11-14T05:58:35-05:00SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS326715<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="53836" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/53836-25f-network-switching-systems-operator-maintainer-d-co-264th-med">SPC Private RallyPoint Member</a> , If I were you, I would seek advice from a Staff Judge Advocate and also research AR 40-501 and the DSM V criteria for diagnosis (300-14). Ultimately, you know yourself better than anyone else. First and foremost, get any and all help you need. <br /><br />Your Commander and 1SG are many things, medical doctors, psychiatrists, or psychologists they are not. Aside from obtaining legal and medical assistance, know you have a forum which will listen and provide support here on RP. <br /><br />Pertaining to a Medical Evaluation Board, a Commander has the right to have you evaluated if he or she perceives you have a condition which would make you non-retention from a fitness for duty standpoint.Response by SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS made Nov 14 at 2014 12:31 PM2014-11-14T12:31:32-05:002014-11-14T12:31:32-05:00SSG Jim Foreman326756<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As you said...you did "dumb stuff" so you got a 15. You knew it was dumb to do and you did it....Man up, suck it up, and take what you earned ( in this case an Article 15). As for your mental health issue, I'm agreeing with Major Ian Dews.Response by SSG Jim Foreman made Nov 14 at 2014 12:55 PM2014-11-14T12:55:37-05:002014-11-14T12:55:37-05:002014-10-24T14:52:50-04:00