Risk Factors Associated With Attempted Suicide Among US Army Soldiers Without a History of Mental Health Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Robert J. Ursano,
Ronald C. Kessler,
James A. Naifeh,
Holly B. Herberman Mash,
Matthew K. Nock,
Pablo A. Aliaga,
Carol S. Fullerton,
Gary H. Wynn,
Tsz Hin Hinz Ng,
Hieu M. Dinh,
Nancy A. Sampson,
TzuCheg Kao,
Steven G. Heeringa,
Murray B. Stein
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.2069
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , mental health , poison control , occupational safety and health , medicine , psychiatry , injury prevention , suicide attempt , medical record , odds ratio , diagnosis code , retrospective cohort study , psychology , demography , medical emergency , environmental health , population , surgery , pathology , sociology
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.
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