Barozi said:
pokoko said:
People still aren't reading the article, amazingly enough.
Warfare and combat do not seem to be the definite reasons for high suicide rates, as many of those in the study "spent little or no time fighting in the most recent wars." Most were also over age 50, so it's not like they're over-sensitive young people. Suicide is as common for those who served in an office as for those who served in the field.
A lot of people just seem to be using this so now they can push their own political agenda without even taking the time to learn anything about the issue. That's lame.now
Personally, I'm not so sure there is much that can be done, as I'm not really sure that the rate of military suicides is outside of the norm when compared to the average rate for males only. Using the combined male/female numbers for civilians makes the gap seem a lot wider. This needs to be adjusted to better reflect the actual percentages. Moreover, white males are the largest group in military service, which is also the most at-risk group for suicides among civilians--especially those over 50 years of age, which is where we see most military suicides. |
That just means that veterans don't immediately commit suicide when they return home, but instead a few decades later.
They did fight in wars, but obviously not in the most recent ones. Just means that soldiers currently in their 20s have a much higher chance at comitting suicide in the 2040s and so on.
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No, it doesn't. Veterans who have never seen combat are just as likely to suicide.
"Appearing in JAMA Psychiatry online on Wednesday, the study by researchers at the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology, or T2, indicates that although the suicide rate among active-duty personnel has increased since 2001, the rate for those who deployed to a combat zone was roughly the same as for those who did not.
Rather, the study found that the military group at highest risk for suicide are those who served in the military for less than a full enlistment.
In fact, the suicide rate among those who served less than a year was 2.5 times the active-duty rate, according to the research."
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/04/01/suicide-troops-veterans-combat-study-says-no-link-between-combat-deployment-suicides/70771276/
The issue seems to be the existing mental stability of the person, not what job they performed.
