Risk of Suicide Attempt Among Soldiers in Army Units With a History of Suicide Attempts.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mental health of soldiers is adversely affected by the death and injury of other unit members, but whether risk of suicide attempt is influenced by previous suicide attempts in a soldier's unit is unknown.

Objective

To examine whether a soldier's risk of suicide attempt is influenced by previous suicide attempts in that soldier's unit.

Design, setting, and participants

Using administrative data from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS), this study identified person-month records for all active-duty, regular US Army, enlisted soldiers who attempted suicide from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2009 (n = 9650), and an equal-probability sample of control person-months (n = 153 528). Data analysis was performed from Augus

SUBMITTER: Ursano RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5674988 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature