Citation

Kimbrel NA, Meyer EC, Debeer BB, Gulliver SB, Morissette SB. Psychiatry Res. 2016; 243: 97-99.

Affiliation

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.011

PMID

27376669

Abstract

The present study used validated clinical interviews to assess the effect of comorbid PTSD-depression on suicidal behavior over the course of 12 months in 309 Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. Logistic regression models demonstrated that comorbid PTSD-depression was a statistically significant predictor of suicide attempts at the 12-month follow-up in both the total sample and in the subset of veterans with PTSD/depression (n=98). In contrast, gender, age, race, sexual orientation, and baseline history of suicide attempts did not have significant effects. These findings suggest that comorbid PTSD-depression may be a significant risk factor for future suicidal behavior in veterans.

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Language: en