Nearly 1 in 5 had mental illness before enlisting in Army, study says

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18. Mental Illness is a laysman term, not used in the law nor Psychiatry.

The law is concern if someone is competent, i.e. know how to take care of him or herself, knows what he or she owns, who are their heirs and family members and that they are capable of knowing right from wrong AND not a danger to themselves or others,

Competency is a very minimal standard, people with an IQ of 60 have been ruled competent (I suspect people with lower IQ have also been competent but have no data to support that statement).

Psychiatry and Psychology deal with treating people who have mental problems. Most people seeking such help are competent. They may not be employable, but are competent (Employabilty is the test for Social Security Disability not competency). I often mention that Winston Churchill of WWII Fame was know to be Manic-Depressive, now call "Bi-polar". When he was up, he was on top of the game, but when he was done Churchill did some stupid things (Such as sinking the French Fleet when France Surrendered to Germany during WWII).

I like bringing up Churchill for, while he was Bi-Polar, that did not make him unemployable (He was a writer and speaker between WWI and WWII and a minster in the British Government off an on from WWI till 1953).

Thus Attention Deficient Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD) is treated by Psychiatrists and Psychologists is listed in DSM-IV AND DSM-V (DSM-V came out in May 2013)


https://www.msu.edu/course/cep/888/ADHD%20files/DSM-IV.htm

http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/ADHD%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

Thus Attention Deficient Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD) is something Psychiatrists and Psychologists will treat as a mental illness, but often does not make someone incompetent or unemployable.