Mental Health Epidemiology Division (MHE)

​​​MHE Mission: Provide the U.S. military with evidence-based mental and social health information to inform prevention and risk mitigation strategies, public health interventions, and policies that enhance the mental and social health and well-being of individuals, units, and military communities.

MHE Vision: Serve as the premier source for evidence-based information on the epidemiology of mental and social health in the U.S. military.

About the MHE: The MHE is a unique public health program within the Department of Defense (DoD) focusing on the epidemiology of mental and social health.

MHE's multidisciplinary team conducts public health studies using analytical methods of population-level primary and secondary data to identify patterns, and risk and protective factors associated with non-medical factors that influence health outcomes to include: suicidal behavior, mood disorders, and substance misuse.​



Visit the Reports about Mental and Social Health in the Military page at:

​https://ph.health.mil/topics/healthsurv/bhe/Pages/default.aspx​




​Last Updated: 26 February 2026​​