APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Outside the System: Risk Factors for Suicide Attempt Among U.S. Army Soldiers with No History of Mental Health Diagnosis
- James Naifeh
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Holly Herberman-Mash
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress - Cara Stokes
Uniformed Services University - Carol Fullerton
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Pablo Aliaga
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Charlotte Riggs-Donovan
Uniformed Services University - Tsz Ng
Uniformed Services University - Murray Stein
University of California, San Diego - Ronald Kessler
Harvard Medical School - Robert Ursano
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Abstract
This longitudinal cohort study of all U.S. Army enlisted soldiers with a documented suicide attempt occurring between 2004-2009 found that one-third had no history of mental health diagnosis. Suicide attempt risk factors from personnel, medical, and legal records were similar regardless of previous diagnosis, although the strength of associations differed.
Suicide
