Staff Perspective: Self-Discrepancy and Suicidal Ideation
Personality psychologists over time have theorized about various aspects of the “self.” E.
Blog posts with the tag "Suicide"
By the Numbers - Feb. 10, 2014
9
The Mental Health Advisory Team 9 (MHAT 9) Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 2013 Afghanistan report (PDF) was publicly released last week. Some of the key findings in the report:
- Significant rise in reports of individual and unit morale relative to 2012, but comparable to 2009.
- Rates of Soldiers meeting criteria for any psychological problem ( acute stress, depression, or anxiety ) are significantly lower than rates reported in 2009 and 2010.
By the Numbers - Feb. 3, 2014
20%
"Veterans comprise 20% of the suicides in the U.S. annually," according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).
By the Numbers - Jan. 27, 2014
3.9%
The percentage of the U.S. adult population that "had serious thoughts about suicide in the past year."
9.4%
The percentage of U.S. "adult illicit drug users" who seriously considered suicide over the past year."
By the Numbers - Sept. 23, 2013
10.7
12.8
12.4
"The crude rate of suicide per 100,000 person years," among 150,000 active duty personnel and Veterans who, respectively, did not deploy to OEF/OIF, who deployed without combat, and who experienced combat, according to a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association -- Risk factors associated with suicide in current and former US military personnel.