@article{ref1,
title="An examination of potential misclassification of Army suicides: results from theAarmy study to assess risk and resilience in servicemembers",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2016",
author="Cox, Kenneth L. and Nock, Matthew K. and Biggs, Quinn M. and Bornemann, Jennifer and Colpe, Lisa J. and Dempsey, Catherine L. and Heeringa, Steven G. and McCarroll, James E. and Ng, Tsz Hin and Schoenbaum, Michael and Ursano, Robert J. and Zhang, Bailey G. and Benedek, David M.",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="257-265",
abstract="Debate continues about the accuracy of American military suicide reporting due to concerns that some suicides may be classified as accidents to minimize stigma and ensure survivor benefits. We systematically reviewed records for 998 active duty Army deaths (510 suicides; 488 accident, homicide, and undetermined deaths; 2005-2009) and, using research criteria, reclassified 8.2% of the nonsuicide cases to definite suicide (1), suicide probable (4), or suicide possible (35). The reclassification rate to definite suicide was only 0.2% (1/488). This low rate suggests that flagrant misclassification of Army deaths is uncommon and surveillance reports likely reflect the &quot;true&quot; population of Army suicides.<br><br>© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12280",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12280"
}