Security Triggers
The new APA resource document “Psychiatrists' Responses to Requests for Psychiatric Information in Federal Personnel Investigations” (see article above) cites the following conditions related to mental health as ones that could raise security concerns with investigators or disqualify the subject of a security-clearance background search:
Behavior that casts doubt on an individual's judgment, reliability, or trustworthiness that is not covered under any other guideline, including but not limited to emotionally unstable, irresponsible, dysfunctional, violent, paranoid, or bizarre behavior; | |||||
An opinion by a qualified psychiatrist or qualified mental health professional that the individual has a condition not covered under any other guideline that may impair judgment, reliability, or trustworthiness; | |||||
The individual has failed to follow treatment advice related to a diagnosed emotional, mental, or personality condition—for example, failure to take prescribed medication. | |||||
