Predicting Suicides Among US Army Soldiers After Leaving Active Service.

Journal: JAMA psychiatry
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: The suicide rate of military servicemembers increases sharply after returning to civilian life. Identifying high-risk servicemembers before they leave service could help target preventive interventions.

Authors

  • Chris J Kennedy
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Jaclyn C Kearns
    National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Joseph C Geraci
    Transitioning Servicemember/Veteran and Suicide Prevention Center (TASC), VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
  • Sarah M Gildea
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Irving H Hwang
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Andrew J King
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Howard Liu
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Alex Luedtke
    Department of Statistics, University of Washington.
  • Brian P Marx
    National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Santiago Papini
    Department of Psychology and Institute for Mental Health Research, The University of Texas at Austin, United States. Electronic address: spapini@utexas.edu.
  • Maria V Petukhova
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School.
  • Nancy A Sampson
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School.
  • Jordan W Smoller
  • Charles J Wolock
    Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • Nur Hani Zainal
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Murray B Stein
    Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California San Diego, and VA San Diego Healthcare System.
  • Robert J Ursano
    Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine.
  • James R Wagner
    Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Ronald C Kessler
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School.