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This research was carried out in order to determine the incidence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in a health staff sample of the Mexican Army and Air Force, by means of a digital instrument presenting the GADI scale. Data obtained were analyzed in the SPSS v27, obtaining an incidence of 27.51%, this being higher than the prevalence reported in the general world population (3 to 8%) and Mexican (3%); as well as similar to the prevalence of anxiety in military populations of Latin American countries: Ecuador (28.2%), Colombia (more than a third of military personnel under 55 years of age) and Mexico (45.77% in a previous study).

Suicide is defined as: "self-inflicted death with implicit or explicit evidence that the person had the intention of self-inflicting death. "There is no single explanation for why people commit suicide?" Surveys were applied to 1517 health care staff of the Military Central Hospital in Mexico City. The people to whom the survey was applied were in the age range of 18 years to 60 or more, both military personnel with different hierarchies participated, as well as civilians, who had different jobs and academic levels.
In the PHQ-2 scale, the obtained results are the following. The 1.8% of the surveyed population had a probable depression and the 98.2% is considered as normal, in the PHQ-9 survey, a final result of 8.1% of the population showed different grades of depression, 105 patients with a mild grade (6.9%), 8 participants in a moderate order (0.5%), as well as with a severely moderate grade and with the major grade, that corresponds to severe, 3 participants (0.2%) of the population, considering that the important groups that should receive medical attention are the ones in the moderate, severely moderate and severe grades. In addition, these personnel also answered the Beck Hopelessness Scale, that measures pessimism, hopelessness and negative attitudes towards life (suicidal ideation), showing as result that, 277 participants (13.3%) with a mild grade, 45 participants (3%) with a moderate grade and 5 (0.3%) in the severe one.
Considering that the personnel whom is considered to have suicidal ideation, is in the moderate category, these persons require specialized medical attention in order to prevent suicide, based on these results we can highlight the mental health evaluation importance of the personnel that conforms the armed institute.

Introduction: Quality of life is a multidimensional concept, including physical, material and social well-being and development and activity. It is the subjective perception of general satisfaction that is related to physical, mental and social factors. It allows the realization of the potentialities of the individual in his daily life. Coverage can be categorized into five dimensions: physical well-being, material well-being, social well-being, emotional well-being, and development and activity.
Objective: Evaluate the quality of life and morale in military health staff through the digital application of the Morale Survey and the Q-LES-Q instruments.
Material and methods: Observational, transversal and descriptive study. The Questionnaire on Quality of Life: Satisfaction and Pleasure (Q-LES-Q) and Morale Survey were applied to military personnel working in the Military Central Hospital (N= 2519), with a representative sample of the population of n= 1517 for the Q-LES-Q questionnaire and n=1002 for the Morale Survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to evaluate both questionnaires.
Results: Of the 1517 individuals only 34% (510) fully answered the Q-LES-Q questionnaire, and of the 1002 individuals in the Moral Survey only 93% (929) fully answered the survey; results showed a tendency of experiencing a good quality of life and a high morale.
Conclusions: The Morale Survey is a reliable method (Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of 0.83) of quality of life and is more likely to be answered completely for evaluation.

This article aims to evaluate substance abuse in a sample of personnel who works in the Military Central Hospital through the digital application of two clini-metrical scales, the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT).

Introduction. Gender violence is a public health problem. The Ministry of National Defense has done strong efforts to educate their personnel about the topic and requires more evaluation of the problem.
Objectives. Evaluate the frequency of thoughts that favor the exercise of gender violence, and the experience of people that have suffered it.
Material & methods. In the Military Central Hospital, using the SurveyMonkey® platform, staff was evaluated by the digital application of two clinimetrical instruments. The Scale Inventario de Pensamientos Distorsionados Contra la Mujer (Distorted Thoughts Against Women Inventory) was applied to 1,128, and the scale Uso de Violencia revisado y el Tamizaje de violencia de Género (Gender and Use of Violence Screening Revised Scale) was applied to 1,488.
Results. The Distorted Thoughts Against Women Inventory results consisted in 84.8% (956) non-violent, and 15.2% (172) possible violent. From the Gender and Use of Violence Screening Revised Test, 98.2% (1,462) are at low risk, 1.3% (20) at moderate risk, and 0.5% (7) at high risk of having suffered or experiencing gender violence.
Conclusions. In the Military Central Hospital there is a low percentage of personnel prone to generate or suffer gender violence, nevertheless, it is required to continue educating all the personnel about the importance of preventing and reporting any gender violence behavior.