Suicide by Air Force Personnel 1958 to 1964

Eggertsen, Paul F.; Goldstein, Sandi

doi:10.1093/milmed/133.1.26

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“…In the early 1960s, the lower suicide rates that were observed in the Air Force were attributed to a screening effect (Eggertsen & Goldstein, 1968). The screening of candidates before entry was considered to have resulted in a relatively healthy force with fewer social problems.…”

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A Comparative Review of U.S. Military and Civilian Suicide Behavior: Implications for OEF/OIF Suicide Prevention Efforts

Martin

Ghahramanlou‐Holloway

Lou

et al. 2009

Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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Suicide is a significant public health concern within the United States military. Suicide may occur before, during, and after military deployment or service for a multitude of reasons that may or may not be directly related to deployment. Therefore, it is crucial that mental health counselors are trained to identify risk at an early stage so they can offer evidence-based practices to manage and reduce it. Enhanced understanding of the similarities and differences in suicide risk and protective factors for civilian and military individuals is crucial for counselors who work directly with Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) active-duty personnel, veterans, and family members. This review aims to educate counselors about the role of demographic, life event, psychopathology, and behavioral and psychological variables in exacerbating or alleviating the desire to die. The information presented is based on an electronic search of medical and psychological databases for terms related to suicide by military service members. Recommendations related to identification, prevention, and management of suicide risk in OEF/OIF service members and beneficiaries are presented.

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A Comparative Review of U.S. Military and Civilian Suicide Behavior: Implications for OEF/OIF Suicide Prevention Efforts

Martin

Ghahramanlou‐Holloway

Lou

et al. 2009

Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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“…and psychologic norms for astronaut selection provided an opportunity to study a randomly Despite these stresses, rates of suicide (3) selected group of flyers. At about age 30, they are somewhat lower and rates of mental hoswere in a stable portion of their life cycle and pitalization and psychiatric disorder (4) are living under the relatively peaceful conditions lower among military flyers during ordinary of 1964.…”

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Psychiatric strengths and weaknesses of typical air force pilots

Fine¹,

Hartman²

1968

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“…The principal value of cohort designs lies in the opportunity to collect import ant potentially etiologic information on study subjects initially and then to provide an appropriate time for observational follow-up. Thus, typical studies (Miles, 1977) have begun with registers, for example, of patients (Babigian & Odoroff, 1969;Barner-Rasmussen, Dupont, & Billie, 1986;Black, Warrack, & Winokur, 1985;Kiloh, Andrews, & Neilson, 1988;Pokorny, 1966;Winokur & Black, 1987), including previous suicide attempters (Ettlinger, 1964;Paarregaard, 1975;Pederson, Teft, & Babigian, 1975); or of nonpatient cohorts formed by some other characteristic such as place of residence (Hagnell, Lanke, & Rorsman, 1981;Singer, Garfinkel, Cohen, & Srole, 1976), school attendance (Paffenbarger & Asnes, 1966;Paffenbarger, King, & Wing, 1969), or military service (Alleback, Allgulander, & Fisher, 1988;Datel & Johnson, 1979;Datel & Jones, 1981, 1982Eggersten & Goldstein, 1968;Keehn, Goldberg, & Beebe, 1974;Rothberg & Fagan, 1990;Rothberg & McDowell, 1988;Rothberg, Rock, & Jones, 1984;Rothberg, Rock, Shaw, et al, 1988;Selzer & Jablon, 1977).…”

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“…Studies of military personnel in the United States (Datel & Johnson, 1979;Datel & Jones, 1981, 1982Eggersten & Goldstein, 1968;Keehn et al, 1974;Rothberg & Fagan, 1990;Rothberg & Mc-Dowell, 1988;Rothberg et al, 1984, Selzer & Jablon, 1977 and elsewhere (Allbeck et al, 1988) provide particularly interesting examples of cohorts because they begin with well-defined groups and, at least while members are still serving, provide high levels of accuracy in ascertainment of fact of death, although suicide as the cause may be more problematic. Although military cohorts may not generalize to their parent populations of age-sex nonmilitary peers and may have other selection problems (Selzer & Jablon, 1977), they usually provide a rich source of data recorded at inception of the cohort (i.e., enlistment).…”

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Suicide Risk Factors Among Australian Vietnam Era Draftees

O'Toole,

Cantor

1995

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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The cohort of all Australian former army conscripts of the Vietnam conflict ea was followed from 1965 to 1982 to determine mortality rates and causes of death following completion of their National Service. Suiciders were compared with a random sample of survivors using information contained in their military documents in a nested case–control study. Their military document information was recorded before men were selected for Vietnam service and is uncontaminated by “recall bias.” Suicide victims had lower mean scores on the army general intelligence and mechanical comprehension tests, were less likely to have continued education beyond high school, were less likely to be employed in white‐collar or skilled blue‐collar jobs between leaving school and being drafted, and more likely to have volunteered for the draft. They were more likely to have committed a civilian offense before joining the army, more likely to have gone absent without leave (AWOL), and more likely to have committed other offenses during military service. Suiciders were more likely to have a history of diagnosis and treatment for psychological disorder during service and to be judged to be less than emotionally stable at discharge. Service in Vietnam was not associated with suicide. A log–linear regression model was used to analyze death rates associated with five types of variables: cognitive abilities, education, preservice employment, conduct while in service, and physical and mental health. This analysis produced a model containing only four variables: intelligence test score, postschool education, AWOL charge during service, and history of diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems. The difference in death rates between high scorers on these items and low scorers was 46‐fold, from 5.2 to 240.9 per 10,000 person‐years.

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Suicide by Air Force Personnel 1958 to 1964

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A Comparative Review of U.S. Military and Civilian Suicide Behavior: Implications for OEF/OIF Suicide Prevention Efforts

A Comparative Review of U.S. Military and Civilian Suicide Behavior: Implications for OEF/OIF Suicide Prevention Efforts

Psychiatric strengths and weaknesses of typical air force pilots

Suicide Risk Factors Among Australian Vietnam Era Draftees

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