An effective suicide prevention program in the Israeli Defense Forces: A cohort study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-43

  Shelef, L ^a   Tatsa Laur, L ^a   Derazne, E ^a   Mann, J J ^b   Fruchter, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Israeli Defense Force; Risk factors; Suicide prevention; Suicide rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ISRAELI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STIGMA; SUICIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISRAEL; JEW; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953283914     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Almasi O. Suicide in the IDF and Review of the Suicide Prevention Programs of the US DOD 2013, The Israeli parliament (The Knesset), Jerusalem, Israel.
2. Althaus D., Hegerl U. The evaluation of suicide prevention activities: state of the art. World J Biol Psychiatry 2003, 4(4):156-165.
3. Apter A., Bleich A., King R.A., et al. Death without warning? A clinical post-mortem study of suicide in 43 Israeli adolescent males. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1993, 50(2):138-142.
4. Apter A., King R.A., Bleich A., et al. Fatal and non-fatal suicidal behavior in Israeli adolescent males. Arch Suicide Res 2008, 12(1):20-29. 10.1080/13811110701798679.
5. Archuleta D., Jobes D.A., Pujol L., et al. Raising the clinical standard of care for suicidal soldiers: an army process improvement initiative. US Army Med Depart J 2014, 4(14):55-66.
6. Bagley, Munjas B., Shekelle P. A systematic review of suicide prevention programs for military or veterans. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2010, 40(3):257-265. 10.1521/suli.2010.40.3.257.
7. Bodner E., Ben-Artzi E., Kaplan Z. Soldiers who kill themselves: the contribution of dispositional and situational factors. Arch Suicide Res 2006, 10(1):29-43. 10.1080/13811110500318299.
8. Bodner E., Iancu I., Sarel A., et al. Efforts to support special-needs soldiers serving in the Israeli Defence Forces. Psychiatr Serv 2007, 58(11):1396-1398. 10.1176/appi.ps.58.11.1396.
9. Britt T.W., Dickinson J.M., Moore D., et al. Correlates and consequences of morale versus depression under stressful conditions. J Occup Health Psychol 2007, 12(1):34-47. 10.1037/1076-8998.12.1.34.
10. Eaton K.M., Messer S.C., Garvey Wilson A.L., et al. Strengthening the validity of population-based suicide rate comparisons: an illustration using US military and civilian data. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2006, 36(2):182-191. 10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.182.
11. Fishman G., Morris-Dycian A., Kotler M. Suicide in the Israeli army. Suicide Life Threat Behav 1990, 20(3):225-239.
12. Frei A., Han A., Weiss M.G., et al. Use of army weapons and private firearms for suicide and homicide in the region of Basel, Switzerland. Crisis 2006, 27(3):140-146.
13. Friedman M.J. Suicide risk among soldiers: early findings from army study to assess risk and resilience in service members (Army STARRS). JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71(5):487-489. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.24.
14. Gal R. A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier 1986, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn.
15. Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative 2002, The National Academies Press, Washington (DC). S.K. Goldsmith, T.C. Pellmar, A.M. Kleinman (Eds.).
16. Hochman E., Shelef L., Mann J.J., et al. Primary health care utilization prior to suicide: a retrospective case-control study among active duty military personnel. J Clin Psychiatry 2014, 75(8):e817-e823.
17. Hoge C.W., Castro C.A. Preventing suicides in US service members and veterans: concerns after a decade of war. JAMA 2012, 308(7):671-672. 10.1001/jama.2012.9955.
18. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Characterization and Classification of Local Authorities by the Socio-Economic Level of the Population 2006, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem.
19. Kaplan Z., WeiserM, Reichenberg A., et al. Motivation to serve in the military influences vulnerability to future posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry Res 2002, 109(1):45-49.
20. Kessler R.C., Heeringa S.G., Stein M.B., et al. Thirty-day prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders among non-deployed soldiers in the US army: results from the army study to assess risk and resilience in service members (Army STARRS). JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71(5):504-513. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.28.
21. Kleinbaum D.G., Klein M. Survival Analysis - A Self-Learning Text 2012, Springer, New York. 3rd ed.
22. Knox K.L., Litts D.A., Talcott G.W., et al. Risk of suicide and related adverse outcomes after exposure to a suicide prevention programme in the US Air Force: cohort study. BMJ 2003, 327(7428):1376. 10.1136/bmj.327.7428.1376.
23. Knox K.L., Pflanz S., Talcott G.W., et al. The US Air Force suicide prevention program: implications for public health policy. Am J Public Health 2010, 100(12):2457.
24. Kuehn B.M. Soldier suicide rates continue to rise: military, scientists work to stem the tide. JAMA 2014, 301(11):1111-1113. 10.1001/jama.2009.342.
25. LeardMann C.A., Powell T.M., Smith T.C., et al. Risk factors associated with suicide in current and former US military personnel. JAMA 2013, 310(5):496-506. 10.1001/jama.2013.65164.
26. Lubin G., Werbeloff M., Halperin D., et al. Decrease in suicide rates after a change of policy reducing access to firearms in adolescents: a naturalistic epidemiological study. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2010, 40(5):421-424. 10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.421.
27. Mann J.J., Apter A., Bertolote J., et al. Suicide prevention strategies: a systematic review. JAMA 2005, 294(16):2064-2074. 10.1001/jama.294.16.2064.
28. Mirsky J. Psychological distress among immigrant adolescents: culture specific factors in the case of immigrant students from the former Soviet Union. Int J Psychol 1997, 32:221-230.
29. Mirsky J., Kohn R., Levav I., et al. Psychological distress and common mental disorders among immigrants: results from the Israeli-based component of the World Mental Health Survey. J Clin Psychiatry 2008, 69:1715-1720.
30. Nock M.K., Borges G., Bromet E.J., et al. Suicide and suicidal behavior. Epidemiol Rev 2008, 30:133-154. 10.1093/epirev/mxn002.
31. Nock M.K., Deming C.A., Fullerton C.S., et al. Suicide among soldiers: a review of psychosocial risk and protective factors. Psychiatry 2013, 76(2):97-125.
32. Nock M.K., Green J.G., Hwang I., et al. Prevalence, correlates, and treatment of lifetime suicidal behavior among adolescents: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement. JAMA Psychiatry 2013, 70(3):300-310.
33. Nock M.K., Stein M.B., Heeringa S.G., et al. Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behavior among soldiers: results from the army study to assess risk and resilience in service members (Army STARRS). JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71(5):514-522. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.30.
34. Reisch T., Steffen T., Habenstein A., et al. Change in suicide rates in Switzerland before and after firearm restriction resulting from the 2003 "Army XXI" reform. Am J Psychiatry 2013, 170(9):977-984. 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091256.
35. Reisch T., Steffen T., Habenstein A., Tschacher W. Change in suicide rates in Switzerland before and after firearm restriction resulting from the 2003 "Army XXI" reform. Am J Psychiatry 2013.
36. Rihmer Z., Kantor Z., Rihmer A., et al. Suicide prevention strategies - a brief review. Neuropsychopharmacol Hung 2004, 6(4):195-199.
37. Rosenbaum-Tamari Y., Demian N. Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union 2001 - the First Year in Israel, A Follow-Up Study. Report no. 14, Jerusalem 2003, Ministry of Immigrants' Absorption, Israel.
38. Schoenbaum M., Kessler R.C., Gilman S.E., et al. Predictors of suicide and accident death in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members (Army STARRS): results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members (Army STARRS). JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71(5):493-503. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4417.
39. Shelef L., Fruchter E., Spiegel D.O., et al. Characteristics of soldiers with self-harm in the Israeli Defence Forces. Arch Suicide Res 2014, 18(4):410-418.
40. Shelef L., Laur L., Raviv G., et al. A Military Suicide Prevention Program in the Israeli Military Defence Force 2015, 10.1186/s40696-015-0007-y.
41. Spirito A., Esposito-Smythers C. Attempted and completed suicide in adolescence. Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2006, 2:237-266. 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.2.022305.095323.
42. Tubiana J.H., Ben-Shakhar G. An objective group questionnaire as a substitute for a personal interview in the prediction of success in military training in Israel. Pers Psychol 1982, 35(2):349-357. 10.1111/J.1744-6570.1982.Tb02200.X.
43. van der Feltz-Cornelis C.M., Sarchiapone M., Postuvan V., et al. Best practice elements of multilevel suicide prevention strategies: a review of systematic reviews. Crisis 2011, 32(6):319-333. 10.1027/0227-5910/a000109.
44. Zamorski M.A. Suicide prevention in military organizations. Int Rev Psychiatry 2011, 23:173-180.