Combat Exposure and Risk of Suicide Attempt Among Danish Army Military Personnel.
@article{Vedtofte2021CombatEA, title={Combat Exposure and Risk of Suicide Attempt Among Danish Army Military Personnel.}, author={Mia Sadowa Vedtofte and Andreas Friis Elrond and Annette Erlangsen and Anni B S Nielsen and Christian D G Stoltenberg and Jacob Louis Marott and Lars Ravnborg Nissen and Trine Madsen}, journal={The Journal of clinical psychiatry}, year={2021}, volume={82 6} }
Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the association between self-reported perceived danger during deployment, measured as combat exposure or witnessing the consequences of war, and post-deployment suicide attempts among military personnel. Furthermore, the effect of post-deployment symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or depression on the risk of suicide attempts was also evaluated.
Methods: This observational cohort study included Danish Army military personnel who…