Nonfatal suicidal behaviors among former active duty servicemembers—United States, 2013–2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Mil Behav Health
• Personal Author:
  Yard, Ellen ; Brown, Melissa ; Stone, Deborah
• Description:
  Introduction:
  
  Examine characteristics associated with increased odds of nonfatal suicidal behaviors among former active-duty servicemembers (F-ADSM) using data from the 2013–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
  
  Methods:
  
  F-ADSM were respondents who reported being separated/retired from the military and previously serving on active-duty. For each outcome of interest (suicidal ideation, made a suicide plan, made a suicide attempt), we used multivariable logistic regression with backwards elimination to identify characteristics with statistically significant associations.
  
  Results:
  
  In the 12 months preceding the survey, 3.6% of F-ADSM reported suicidal ideation, 1.0% reported making a plan, and 0.3% reported making a suicide attempt. There were increased odds of self-reported suicide attempts among F-ADSM who were female; aged 18–49 years; non-Hispanic black; gay or bisexual; divorced/separated or widowed; not employed; in poverty; binged alcohol in the past month; or ever had a major depressive episode.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Suicide can be prevented through a comprehensive, upstream approach addressing veteran’s holistic needs to prevent them from becoming suicidal in the first place, and support veterans at increased risk.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Military Self-harm Suicide Veteran
• Source:
  Mil Behav Health. 11(1-2):45-53
• Pubmed ID:
  37969570
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10641751
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:95bdbc04599587e3bd517d4ff1ffac628b97723efa1e51a4a41f55fbeb0fa50c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/135498/cdc_135498_DS1.pdf
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