title: Precipitating circumstances of suicide among active duty U.S. Army personnel versus U.S. civilians, 2005-2010.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Skopp
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reger
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gladden
authors.forename: Derek J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Smolenski
authors.forename: C Faye
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gahm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015985:Precipitating Factors; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
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