Behind the stethoscope: A Navy psychiatrist on why mental fitness is mission readiness
September 24, 2026
September 24, 2026
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Sept. 24 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news:
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Behind the stethoscope: A Navy psychiatrist on why mental fitness is mission readiness
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -Early in her career, Navy Capt. Aidith Flores-Carrera sat down with a junior enlisted Sailor who arrived exhausted and convinced their career was over. Severe anxiety and insomnia had taken hold, and the Sailor had decided that was the end of th . . .
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Behind the stethoscope: A Navy psychiatrist on why mental fitness is mission readiness
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -Early in her career, Navy Capt. Aidith Flores-Carrera sat down with a junior enlisted Sailor who arrived exhausted and convinced their career was over. Severe anxiety and insomnia had taken hold, and the Sailor had decided that was the end of th . . .