The Department of Defense’s Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness recently released an inaugural Annual Suicide Report (ASR). Along with data regarding suicides among Active Component, Guard and Reserve Service members, it also included the first ever number of suicide deaths among military spouses and dependents. According to the ASR, there were 186 reported military family member suicide deaths in CY17.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Clinical depression in untreated obstructive sleep apnea: examining predictors and a meta-analysis of prevalence rates.
● Fatal and Non-fatal Self-Injury in the USA: Critical Review of Current Trends and Innovations in Prevention.
● Clinical Efficacy of Ketamine for Treatment-resistant Depression.
The Internet has become an increasingly powerful form of information dissemination and communication media over the last two decades. Even more recently, the Internet has been leveraged for the treatment of a wide range of health-related problems. All the while, social media platforms have been increasingly used for the expression of suicidal thoughts and feelings. Despite this, little is known about the ways in which social media can be used for suicide prevention (Karras et al., 2018).
The percentage of Service member suicides in calendar year 2017 that involved firearms, according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service -- Military Suicide Prevention and Response.