Citation

Doran N, Brikmanis K, Pittman J, Floto E, Afari N. Mil. Behav. Health 2018; 6(3): 215-225.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/21635781.2017.1379453

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The rate of suicide among veterans has grown substantially. One potential explanation is increased psychiatric risk in recent veterans. This retrospective chart review study tested associations between psychiatric symptoms and suicide risk in recent veterans enrolling in VA healthcare among participants (n = 366) from the VA eScreening study who had a suicide risk assessment within 6 months. Depression, anger/aggression, and lower resilience predicted suicide risk status (all ps <.05), but posttraumatic stress symptoms did not.

FINDINGS reinforce the importance of mental health screening among veterans seeking healthcare. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Language: en

Keywords

mental health; resilience; suicide; PTSD; Aggression; depression; veteran; OEF; OIF; VHA