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Citation

Cigrang JA, Balderrama-Durbin C, Snyder DK, Talcott GW, Tatum J, Baker M, Cassidy D, Sonnek S, Smith Slep AM, Heyman RE. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2015; 71(9): 828-842.

Affiliation

New York University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.22192

PMID

26010392

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Concurrent and prospective predictors of suicidal ideation were examined in a sample of 318 United States Air Force Security Forces across a 1-year deployment in Iraq and 6- to 9-month follow-up.

METHOD: Participants included 294 male and 24 female Airmen ranging in age from 18 to 46 years, predominantly (67%) Caucasian. Measures included self-reports of postdeployment suicidal ideation, posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms, alcohol use, combat experiences, relationship distress, social support, and postdeployment readjustment.

RESULTS: Problem drinking before deployment prospectively predicted postdeployment suicidal ideation in univariate analyses. Depressive symptoms and problem drinking were significant independent predictors of postdeployment suicidal ideation.

FINDINGS demonstrated a ninefold increase in suicidal ideation among service members with even mild depressive symptoms if moderate problem drinking was also present.

CONCLUSIONS: Predeployment problem drinking may serve as a modifiable target for early intervention of suicidal ideation.

FINDINGS illuminate the compound risk of comorbid depressive symptoms and moderate problem drinking in predicting suicidal ideation.


Language: en

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