Mental health screen for enlistees could leave loopholes

By Fang Wei-li and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Military recruitment has been criticized as having loopholes after a former conscript said he was barred from joining the volunteer force because of his psychiatric treatment history, while reservists with mental-health diagnoses and at least six months of treatment can apply to be exempted from reserve status and wartime mobilization.A man with a history of treatment for anxiety, depression and insomnia told Liberty Times, the sister paper of Taipei Times, that he was required to submit medical records for a military re-examination when he applied for voluntary service, despite having completed mandatory service and reserve call-ups without issues.He had received treatment at five medical institut