@article{ref1,
title="Acute vs. chronic stressors, multiple suicide attempts, and persistent suicide ideation in US soldiers",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2014",
author="Bryan, Craig J. and Clemans, Tracy A. and Leeson, Bruce and Rudd, Michael David",
volume="203",
number="1",
pages="48-53",
abstract="This study examined recent-onset (i.e., acute) and persistent (i.e., chronic) life stressors among 54 acutely suicidal US Army Soldiers and examined their relationship to persistence of suicidal crises over time. Soldiers with a history of multiple suicide attempts reported the most severe suicide ideation (F(2,51) = 4.18, p = 0.021) and the greatest number of chronic stressors (F(2,51) = 5.11, p = 0.009). Chronic but not acute stressors were correlated with severity of suicide ideation (r = 0.24, p = 0.026). Participants reporting low-to-average levels of chronic stress resolved suicide ideation during the 6-month follow-up, but participants reporting high levels of chronic stress did not (Wald χ(1) = 4.57, p = 0.032). Soldiers who are multiple attempters report a greater number of chronic stressors. Chronic, but not acute-onset, stressors are associated with more severe and longer-lasting suicidal crises.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0000000000000236",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000236"
}