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<p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to looking after the mental health of our
Armed Forces, and our medical services are configured to provide community-based healthcare
in line with national best practice. In the UK, we have 16 military Departments of
Community Mental Health (DCMHs), which are located to be convenient for major centres
of military population, and which support the provision of healthcare that is available
through Service primary care facilities. Service personnel based in Gloucestershire
who require treatment at a DCMH would be most likely to attend the facilities at Brize
Norton in Oxfordshire or Tidworth in Wiltshire.</p><p>The DCMH mental health teams
comprise psychiatrists and mental health nurses, with access to clinical psychologists
and mental health social workers. A wide range of psychiatric and psychological treatments
are available, including medication, psychological therapies, and environmental adjustment
where appropriate. In-patient care, when necessary, is provided in dedicated psychiatric
units through a central contract with an in-patient psychiatric care provider.</p>
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