TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - An examination of potential misclassification of Army suicides: results from theAarmy study to assess risk and resilience in servicemembers
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Cox, Kenneth L.
A1  - Nock, Matthew K.
A1  - Biggs, Quinn M.
A1  - Bornemann, Jennifer
A1  - Colpe, Lisa J.
A1  - Dempsey, Catherine L.
A1  - Heeringa, Steven G.
A1  - McCarroll, James E.
A1  - Ng, Tsz Hin
A1  - Schoenbaum, Michael
A1  - Ursano, Robert J.
A1  - Zhang, Bailey G.
A1  - Benedek, David M.
SP  - 257
EP  - 265
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 "true" population of Army suicides.<br><br>© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12280
ID  - ref1
ER  -