Prospective Associations of Military Discharge Characterization with Post-active Duty Suicide Attempts and Homelessness: Results from the Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers—Longitudinal Study (STARRS-LS)
Abstract
Active duty service members transitioning to civilian life can experience significant readjustment stressors. Over the past two decades of the United States’ longest sustained conflict, reducing transitioning veterans’ suicidal behavior and homelessness became national priorities. However, it remains a significant challenge to identify which service members are at greatest risk of these post-active duty outcomes. Discharge characterization, which indicates the quality of an individual’s military service and affects eligibility for benefits and services at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is a potentially important indicator of risk.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 09, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1093/milmed/usac232
Entities
People
- Andrew J King
- Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
- Brian P Marx
- Carol Chu
- Dawne Vogt
- Ian H Stanley
- Jack Tsai
- James A. Naifeh
- Katherine A Koh
- Murray B. Stein
- Nancy A. Sampson
- Robert Ursano
- Robert W O’brien
- Ronald C Kessler
- Vincent F. Capaldi
Organizations
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
- Boston University
- Harvard Medical School
- Health Services Research & Development
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Minnesota
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- VA San Diego Healthcare System
- Yale School of Medicine