APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Risk and Resilience of Lifetime Stressful Experiences Among US Army Soldiers at Risk for Suicide

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · General

  • Catherine Dempsey
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • David Benedek
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • Kelly Zuromski
    Harvard University
  • Matthew Nock
    Harvard University
  • Tsz Ng
    Uniformed Services University
  • Charlotte Riggs-Donovan
    Uniformed Services University
  • Shannon Exley
    Uniformed Services University
  • Catherine Broshek
    Uniformed Services University
  • Robert Ursano
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the extent to which the presence lifetime stressful events (military/deployment-related and family/social-related) are risk factors for suicide among US Army Soldiers as reported by third parties. The data are from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS**).

Suicide

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