Mental health is valuable at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence, through adulthood. The same applies to the Greek armed forces. This is evidenced by the many prevention and intervention programs that have been
established over time, and which aim to shield and restore mental health, as it is essential to the proper functioning of the overall military system. Typical prevention programs are the annual interviews with specialists who detect various difficulties, the workshops and talks organized on various kinds of psychosocial issues, as well as the staff support lines. An important position for the mental health of the armed forces is occupied by the interbranch mental health center of the armed forces, which is both a prevention and intervention center, through the departments, treatment and counseling programs which it contains. With the 24-hour telephone line of psychological support of this center, the counseling provided and the referrals made, automatically make it a direct intervention agency. Other methods of intervention are the psychosocial care teams of the army, where their scientific team carries out therapeutic/consultative work, but also liaison/referrals to hospitals and psychiatric clinics. Psychopharmacological intervention carried out in military hospitals could not be absent from the armed forces either, as it is the most frequent way of intervention in the rest of society. Finally, the informational/educational actions that take place, such as seminars and speeches, focusing on one psychosocial issue at a time, and presenting ways to effectively manage it, also constitute a competent way of intervention that contributes to maintaining the functionality of the army.
