title: Predictors of suicidal ideation in a gender-stratified sample of OEF/OIF veterans.
abstract: There is a growing concern about suicide among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. We examined the role of postdeployment mental health in associations between deployment stressors and postdeployment suicidal ideation (SI) in a national sample of 2,321 female and male OEF/OIF veterans. Data were obtained via survey, and path analysis was used. For women and men, mental health symptoms largely accounted for associations between deployment stressors and SI; however, they only partly accounted for the sexual harassment and SI association among women. These findings enhance the understanding of the mental health profile of OEF/OIF veterans.
authors.affiliation: National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jaimie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gradus
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Street
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Suvak
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Resick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data