Suicide attempts and mental health diagnoses in combat‐injured service members: A retrospective cohort study

LE Walker, E Poltavskiy, JT Howard… - Suicide and Life …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Examinations of risk factors for suicide attempt in United States service
members at high risk of mental health diagnoses, such as those with combat injuries, are …

Association of combat experiences with suicide attempts among active-duty US service members

CA LeardMann, RK Matsuno, EJ Boyko… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There is uncertainty about the role that military deployment experiences play in
suicide-related outcomes. Most previous research has defined combat experiences broadly …

Suicide attempt characteristics among veterans and active-duty service members receiving mental health services: A pooled data analysis

JL Villatte, SS O'Connor, R Leitner… - Military behavioral …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Past suicidal behaviors are among the strongest and most consistent predictors of eventual
suicide and may be particularly salient in military suicide. The current study compared …

Impact of specific combat experiences on suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in US military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans …

B Nichter, M Hill, S Norman, M Haller… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background A burgeoning body of research suggests that specific types of combat
experiences may be a stronger predictor of suicidality among veterans than a history of …

Prior health care utilization patterns and suicide among US Army soldiers

NS Bell, TC Harford, PJ Amoroso… - Suicide and life …, 2010 - Guilford Press
Suicides among US Army soldiers are increasing and, in January 2009, outpaced deaths
due to combat. For this study, 1,873 army suicides identified through death, inpatient, and …

[HTML][HTML] Suicide attempts in US Army combat arms, special forces and combat medics

RJ Ursano, RC Kessler, JA Naifeh, HH Mash… - BMC psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The US Army suicide attempt rate increased sharply during the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan. Risk may vary according to occupation, which significantly influences …

Suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide death among Veterans and service members: A comprehensive meta-analysis of risk factors

KM Schafer, M Duffy, G Kennedy, L Stentz… - Military …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in America. Particularly at risk, Veterans are 1.5
times more likely to die by suicide than non-Veterans, and the suicide rate among service …

The uncounted casualties of war: suicide in combat veterans

L Sher - QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Military conflicts are ubiquitous. There are a lot of combat veterans around the world.
Suicidality in combat veterans is a large and important issue. In this article, the author …

[HTML][HTML] Combat exposure and risk of suicide attempt among Danish Army military personnel

MS Vedtofte, AF Elrond, A Erlangsen… - The journal of clinical …, 2021 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the association between self-reported
perceived danger during deployment, measured as combat exposure or witnessing the …

Killing in combat may be independently associated with suicidal ideation

S Maguen, TJ Metzler, J Bosch… - Depression and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background The U nited S tates military has lost more troops to suicide than to combat for
the second year in a row and better understanding combat‐related risk factors for suicide is …