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The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military
Past suicide attempts are a significant risk factor for future suicidality. Therefore, the present military-based study examined the past suicidal behavior of soldiers who recently made a severe suicide attempt. Our sample consisted of 65 active-duty soldiers (61.5% males), between the ages of 18 an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020649 |
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author | Shelef, Leah Rabbany, Jessica M Gutierrez, Peter M Kedem, Ron Ben Yehuda, Ariel Mann, J. John Yacobi, Assaf |
author_facet | Shelef, Leah Rabbany, Jessica M Gutierrez, Peter M Kedem, Ron Ben Yehuda, Ariel Mann, J. John Yacobi, Assaf |
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description | Past suicide attempts are a significant risk factor for future suicidality. Therefore, the present military-based study examined the past suicidal behavior of soldiers who recently made a severe suicide attempt. Our sample consisted of 65 active-duty soldiers (61.5% males), between the ages of 18 and 28 years old (M = 20.4, SD ± 1.3). The inclusion criterion was a recent severe suicide attempt, requiring at least a 24 h hospitalization. This sample was divided into two groups, according to previous suicidal behavior, namely whether their first suicide attempt was before or after enlistment (n = 25; 38.5% and n = 40; 61.5%, respectively). We then examined the lethality and intent of the recent event in regard to this division. Four measures were used to assess the subjects’ suicidal characteristics: the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, the Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire, the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. No significant difference in the severity of the suicide attempts (either actual or potential severity) were found between those who had suicide attempts before enlistment and those who had their first attempt in the service. As a matter of fact, most of the suicide attempts that occurred for the first time during military service had used a violent method (58.3%, n = 21). Finally, using multivariate analyses, we found that current thoughts and behavior, rather than past suicidality, was the strongest predictor for the lethality of suicide attempts. |
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spelling | pubmed-78287322021-01-25 The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military Shelef, Leah Rabbany, Jessica M Gutierrez, Peter M Kedem, Ron Ben Yehuda, Ariel Mann, J. John Yacobi, Assaf Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Past suicide attempts are a significant risk factor for future suicidality. Therefore, the present military-based study examined the past suicidal behavior of soldiers who recently made a severe suicide attempt. Our sample consisted of 65 active-duty soldiers (61.5% males), between the ages of 18 and 28 years old (M = 20.4, SD ± 1.3). The inclusion criterion was a recent severe suicide attempt, requiring at least a 24 h hospitalization. This sample was divided into two groups, according to previous suicidal behavior, namely whether their first suicide attempt was before or after enlistment (n = 25; 38.5% and n = 40; 61.5%, respectively). We then examined the lethality and intent of the recent event in regard to this division. Four measures were used to assess the subjects’ suicidal characteristics: the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, the Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire, the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. No significant difference in the severity of the suicide attempts (either actual or potential severity) were found between those who had suicide attempts before enlistment and those who had their first attempt in the service. As a matter of fact, most of the suicide attempts that occurred for the first time during military service had used a violent method (58.3%, n = 21). Finally, using multivariate analyses, we found that current thoughts and behavior, rather than past suicidality, was the strongest predictor for the lethality of suicide attempts. MDPI 2021-01-14 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7828732/ /pubmed/33466594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020649 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shelef, Leah Rabbany, Jessica M Gutierrez, Peter M Kedem, Ron Ben Yehuda, Ariel Mann, J. John Yacobi, Assaf The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military |
title | The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military |
title_full | The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military |
title_fullStr | The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military |
title_short | The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military |
title_sort | role of past suicidal behavior on current suicidality: a retrospective study in the israeli military |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020649 |
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