Department of the Navy

Mental Health Evaluations of Members of the Armed Forces Department of the Navy

This Department of Navy (DON) policy assigns responsibility and prescribes procedures for the referral, evaluation, treatment, and administrative management of service-members who are directed by their commands for mental health evaluation and/or assessment of risk for potentially dangerous behavior. This policy establishes the rights of service-members referred by their commands for mental health evaluations and establishes procedures for outpatient and inpatinet mental health evaluations that will provide protection to members referred by their commands for such evaluations. This policy also provides guidance to mental health care providers and commanding officers on evaluation, treatment, and administrative management of service-members who may suffer from serious mental disorders and who may be immediately or potentially dangerous.