The myth persists, despite many past efforts to dispute it: Seeking help for stress or mental health issues can brand an employee with a significant stigma and may even cost the seeker a coveted security clearance. Not so, says the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which conducts security clearance investigations for Department personnel.
In some ways, professional life at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul is similar to other embassies—preparing for visiting congressional delegations, arranging interviews with U.S. media, visiting local clinics for child drug addicts, checking on the progress of a USAID-funded school house in a remote village. Afghanistan, however, magnifies the differences.
