Fiscal Year	2015
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Naval Research Program
Investigator(s)	Shen, Yu-Chu
Sponsor	NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary	This study's long term goal is to retrospectively analyze the evolution of suicide - from suicidal ideation to death by suicide - at the individual sailor level and to identify risk factors and/or the loss of protective factors at different stages of that process. The study aims to provide a comprehensive picture by conducting separate analyses for the active duty population and the reserve component. For FY1, we will focus on addressing the following questions: (1) What non-demographic, service-specific factors (for example, sailor rating, warfare platform, combat zone deployment, type of command, transition status), and pre-screening factors (such as AFQT, substance abuse, medical or legal waivers) are associated with the occurrence of suicide attempts and death by suicide? (2) What percent of suicide decedents had a previous history of suicide attempts? (3) In both the active duty and the reserve components, how do risk factors change through different stages of suicide evolution?
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