Risk Factors Associated With Attempted Suicide Among US Army Soldiers Without a History of Mental Health Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The US Army suicide attempt rate increased sharply during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although soldiers with a prior mental health diagnosis (MH-Dx) are known to be at risk, little is known about risk among those with no history of diagnosis.

Objective

To examine risk factors for suicide attempt among soldiers without a previous MH-Dx.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study using administrative data from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS), person-month records were identified for all active-duty Regular Army enlisted soldiers who had a medically documented suicide attempt from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2009 (n = 9650), and an equal-probability sample of co

SUBMITTER: Ursano RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233801 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature