Military Suicide Prevention: Report Prepared for NATO Leadership

Abstract

In accordance with the World Health Organization 2014 report, Preventing Suicide: A Global Imperative, the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM), Research Task Group (RTG) 218 Technical Report underscores that military suicide prevention must be recognized globally as a top-priority public health issue. This reports objectives are threefold: (1) to disseminate knowledge about current military suicide surveillance across countries; (2) to promote a global strategy for systematic, standardized, and continuing military suicide surveillance efforts; and (3) to contribute to the understanding, further examination, development, and dissemination of best practices in military suicide prevention. This multinational collaboration is an important first step towards promoting a global public health strategy for combating military suicide. A new task group, RTG HFM-277 (Leadership Tools for Suicide Prevention), has been formed to continue this international effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1062460

Entities

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Business Administration
  • Demography
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Human Population
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Societies

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Strategic Security Studies