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Title:

The War Within: Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military

Url:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG953.html

Creator:

Rajeev Ramchand, Joie Acosta, Rachel M. Burns, Lisa H. Jaycox and Christopher G. Pernin

Description: Since late 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in conflicts around the globe, most notably in Iraq and Afghanistan. These conflicts have exacted a substantial toll on soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen, and this toll goes beyond the well-publicized casualty figures. It extends to the stress that repetitive deployments can have on the individual servicemember and his or her family. This stress can manifest itself in different ways — increased divorce rates, spouse and child abuse, mental distress, substance abuse — but one of the most troubling manifestations is suicide, which is increasing across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The increase in suicides among members of the military has raised concern among policymakers, military leaders, and the population at large. While DoD and the military services have had a number of efforts under way to deal with the increase in suicides among their members, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked RAND to review the current evidence detailing suicide epidemiology in the military, identify "state-of-the-art" suicide-prevention programs, describe and catalog suicide-prevention activities in DoD and across each service, and recommend ways to ensure that the activities in DoD and across each service reflect state-of-the-art prevention science. Authors abstract

Classification:

Treatment Resources -- Military (LCSH)
Suicide (LCSH)
Stressor (LCSH)
Service Member/s (LCSH)
Programs (LCSH)
Prevention/Preparedness (LCSH)
Military Service/s (LCSH)
Mental Health (LCSH)
Epidemiology (LCSH)

Date Issued:

2011

Resource Type:

Report (DCMI Type Vocabulary)

Format:

pdf

Audience:

Policy Makers
Leaders
Health Care and Service Providers: Military
Health Care and Service Providers: Civilian

Language:

English

Rights:

Coverage:

Suicide epidemiology in the military and suicide-prevention activities in DoD

Source:

Rand Report:: MG-953-OSD

Email Address:

patricia.martinez.ctr@usuhs.mil

Date Of Record Creation:

2011-03-24 08:32:20 (W3C-DTF)

Date Of Record Release:

2011-03-24 08:50:01 (W3C-DTF)

Date Record Checked:

2011-03-24 (W3C-DTF)

Date Last Modified:

2011-03-24 08:53:45 (W3C-DTF)

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