TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Army suicide attempts are most likely among enlisted soldiers on first tour of duty and female soldiers, US study finds JO - BMJ A1 - Wise, Jacqui SP - h3702 EP - h3702 VL - 351 IS - N2 -
Enlisted soldiers in their first tour of duty are the most likely to attempt suicide, says an analysis of US army data published in JAMA Psychiatry.1 The risk was particularly high among soldiers with a recent mental health diagnosis, the longitudinal retrospective cohort study found. In recent years the rate of suicide attempts in the US army has increased sharply during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The researchers looked at the records of 975 057 regular …
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LA - en SN - 0959-535X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h3702 ID - ref1 ER -