Patterns of Alcohol Use and Suicide-related Thoughts Among Recently-Discharged Veterans: Risk Factors Associated with the Military-to-Veteran Transition

Abstract

The combination of alcohol use and negative emotional states has been identified as a particularly toxic combination for suicide risk. The current study proposes to examine changes in (a) alcohol use/misuse and (b) depression (as the primary suicide-related negative emotional state) as soldiers undergo the transition from active duty to veteran status, as well as to prevent/reduce alcohol misuse and depression in this population. To date: the assessments (screening, baseline, pre-separation (delivered up to 2 times) and postx2;separation (delivered 12 times)are nearing finalization; the internet-delivered brief intervention component (delivered 3 times to a portion of the participants in the study) is also nearing completion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1129003

Entities

People

  • Samuel B. Bacharach

Organizations

  • Cornell University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Active Duty
  • Biomedical Research
  • Computer Programming
  • Covid-19
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Depression
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Internet
  • Intervention
  • Maryland
  • Monitoring
  • Organizational Structure
  • Patent Applications
  • Personality
  • Professional Development
  • Risk
  • Risk Factors
  • Software Prototyping
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer
  • Transitions
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.