Table 3: RAF personnel medically discharged with a principal condition of a mental and behavioural disorder, 2001-08
All
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
All
332
20
13
28
65
38
78
49
41
Psychoactive substance use
15
0
0
*
*
0
5
6
*
Of which:
disorders due to alcohol
15
0
0
*
*
0
5
6
*
Mood Disorders
132
11
*
13
19
14
31
14
27
Of which:
Depressive Disorder
110
9
*
10
13
13
24
14
24
Neurotic Disorders
143
9
9
12
32
20
30
21
10
Of which:
PTSD
13
0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Of which:
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Adjustment disorders
84
5
*
*
20
14
24
9
6
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders
*
0
0
0
*
0
*
0
0
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders
14
0
0
*
*
*
*
5
*
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors
10
0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour
14
0
0
0
7
*
5
*
0
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
*
0
0
0
*
0
*
0
0
Note:
Numbers smaller than five are represented as "*" in line with the Office for National Statistics guidelines. Where there is only one number smaller than five in any row or column the next smallest number has also been replaced.
Armed Forces: Drugs
Dr. Murrison:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many compulsory drug tests for each substance were failed in each of the armed services since 2001. [320772]
Mr. Kevan Jones [holding answer 5 March 2010]: The misuse of drugs is incompatible with the demands of service life and can pose a significant threat to operational effectiveness.
The following table provides information on the numbers of compulsory drug tests and positive results by drug type.
Naval service compulsory drug testing results for the period 1 January 2001-31 December 2009
Drug types( 2)
Number of tests conducted
Number of positive results
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Cannabis
Others( 1)
2001
12,889
50
7
15
27
1
2002
12,900
42
8
6
26
2
2003
13,803
56
22
12
20
2
2004
12,262
48
20
7
16
5
2005
12,705
47
26
8
11
2
2006
13,552
57
35
9
11
2
2007
10,762
39
22
2
12
3
2008
12,935
67
50
1
13
3
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2009
11,563
32
15
1
20
2
Army compulsory drug testing results for the period 1 January 2001-31 December 2009
