That's only part of the process. We start by screening and providing education right from enrolment. We do screenings at enrolment and perform periodic health assessments throughout the member's career. This extensive road to mental readiness is essential for pre-deployment resilience. Realistic training has a tremendous impact on enhancing resilience. In theatre, we provide a robust mental health staff, including a psychiatrist. Some of the mental health staff will go to the forward operating bases.
So between that, the education provided by the supervisor, and the chain of command and colleagues keeping an eye on one another, we can identify early on the individuals who need help. That help can often be provided in theatre, so we rarely get a repatriation for mental health reasons out of Afghanistan. Our repatriations are mainly for psychosocial or family issues. But for acute mental health illnesses, it rarely happens in Afghanistan. Most of the problems manifest themselves afterwards.
We don't discriminate. We treat mental illness the way we treat any other illness or injury. We do an assessment on an individual basis. If the individual, by the best clinical assessment, can be shown to be able to fulfill all of his duties under stress, then we don't preclude him from deploying or from going outside the wire in dangerous conditions. We've had a number of these cases. The priority is not the mission but the individual's health and safety. We have had individuals who've been able to stay in theatre or who, after illness in Canada, have been able to redeploy and return to full duty.