Mood, Anxiety, and Substance‐Use Disorders and Suicide Risk in a Military Population Cohort
Abstract
There are meager prospective data from nonclinical samples on the link between anxiety disorders and suicide or the extent to which the association varies over time. We examined these issues in a cohort of 309,861 U.S. Air Force service members, with 227 suicides over follow‐up. Mental disorder diagnoses including anxiety, mood, and substance‐use disorders (SUD) were based on treatment encounters. Risk for suicide associated with anxiety disorders were lower compared with mood disorders and similar to SUD. Moreover, the associations between mood and anxiety disorders with suicide were greatest within a year of treatment presentation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 24, 2012
- Source ID
- 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2012.00125.x
Entities
People
- Alina Bajorska
- Eric D. Caine
- Kenneth R. Conner
- Kerry L. Knox
- Michael D. Mccarthy
- Xin M. Tu
Organizations
- United States Air Force
- University of Rochester
- University of Rochester Medical Center