@article{ref1,
title="An examination of United States Air Force suicide decedents based on documented suicide attempt histories",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2017",
author="Kochanski-Ruscio, Kristen and Nademin, Elicia and Perera, Kanchana and LaCroix, Jessica M. and Baer, Margaret and Hassen, Helena O. and Englert, Maj David and Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Marjan",
volume="21",
number="4",
pages="556-567",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: We compared United States military decedents who died by suicide on their first attempt with decedents who had made multiple attempts. <br><br>METHODS: Death investigation files for 217 United States Air Force (USAF) personnel who died by suicide between 1996 and 2006 were coded for demographic, psychosocial, and psychiatric characteristics. <br><br>RESULTS: Among USAF suicide decedents, 77% died by suicide on their first attempt and 23% had a documented history of at least one prior attempt, Decedents with a history of prior attempts were more likely to have an interpersonal stressor within 3 months of death and were twice as likely to have a documented Axis I diagnosis. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There were few differences between military suicide decedents based on history of prior attempts. Further research is needed to inform military suicide prevention endeavors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2016.1240635",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2016.1240635"
}