Precipitating Circumstances of Suicide among Active Duty U.S. Army Personnel Versus U.S. Civilians, 2005–2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Suicide Life Threat Behav
• Personal Author:
  Logan, Joseph E ; Skopp, Nancy A ; Reger, Mark A ; Gladden, Matt ; Smolenski, Derek J ; Floyd, C Faye ; Gahm, Gregory A
• Description:
  To help understand suicide among soldiers, we compared suicide events between active duty U.S. Army versus civilian decedents to identify differences and inform military prevention efforts. We linked 141 Army suicide records from 2005 to 2010 to National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data. We described the decedents' military background and compared their precipitators of death captured in NVDRS to those of demographically matched civilian suicide decedents. Both groups commonly had mental health and intimate partner precipitating circumstances, but soldier decedents less commonly disclosed suicide intent.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Chronic Pain Depression Family Conflict Female Humans Jurisprudence Male Middle Aged Military Personnel Precipitating Factors Retrospective Studies Stress, Psychological Substance-Related Disorders Suicide Suicide Prevention Young Adult

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• Source:
  Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2014; 45(1):65-77.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:28c7267bc1d303318ba68e92fd12a9d80ef48315c854b972082c5fb75eb02a53
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29514/cdc_29514_DS1.pdf
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