TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Cannabis use disorder and post-deployment suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Adkisson, Kelsie
A1  - Cunningham, Katherine C.
A1  - Dedert, Eric A.
A1  - Dennis, Michelle F.
A1  - Calhoun, Patrick S.
A1  - Elbogen, Eric B.
A1  - Beckham, Jean C.
A1  - Kimbrel, Nathan A.
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to use retrospective data to test the hypothesis that cannabis dependence would be associated with an increased rate of post-deployment suicide attempts. <br><br>METHODS: Participants included 319 veterans who had deployed to either Iraq or Afghanistan. Study procedures involved completion of a structured clinical interview and a battery of self-report questionnaires. <br><br>RESULTS: As expected, lifetime cannabis dependence was significantly associated with post-deployment suicide attempts, AOR = 7.963, p = .014, even after controlling for the effects of pre-deployment suicide attempts, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, pain, non-cannabis substance use disorder, and gender. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: While preliminary, our findings provide the first evidence to date that heavy cannabis use may be a unique risk factor for post-deployment suicide attempts among veterans.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1488638
ID  - ref1
ER  -