Firearm Ownership and Capability for Suicide in Post‐Deployment National Guard Service Members

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1668-1679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon B. Goldberg ◽  
Raymond P. Tucker ◽  
Maleeha Abbas ◽  
Megan E. Schultz ◽  
Michele Hiserodt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Guard ◽  
Service Members

Unit Cohesion and Social Support as Protective Factors Against Suicide Risk and Depression Among National Guard Service Members

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-228
Author(s):  
Kelsi F. Rugo ◽  
Feea R. Leifker ◽  
Malisa M. Drake-Brooks ◽  
Michael B. Snell ◽  
Craig J. Bryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Unit Level ◽  
Support Resources ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Unit Cohesion ◽  
Social Support Resources

Introduction: Suicide and depression continue to be pervasive problems across military populations, including within the National Guard. Existing literature highlights the protective effects of social support and unit cohesion for both suicide risk and depression, yet to our knowledge, these associations have never been confirmed in National Guard populations. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the impacts of social support resources (i.e., general social support and unit cohesion) on depression and suicide risk among a large sample (n = 877) of National Guard service members. Methods: Multilevel modeling was used to examine the impact of social support resources on depression and suicide ideation at both the individual and unit level. Results: Results indicated that higher levels of perceived social support were associated with lower levels of depression and suicide ideation at both the individual and unit levels. Additionally, higher levels of perceived unit cohesion significantly predicted lower levels of depression and suicide ideation at the individual, but not unit level. Discussion: Limitations include self-report measurement and cross-sectional nature of the data. These findings hold implications for improvement of operational climate within military units and reduction of suicide risk and depressive symptoms among National Guard service members.

scholarly journals Post-deployment Mental Health in Reserve and National Guard Service Members: Deploying With or Without One’s Unit and Deployment Preparedness

2017 ◽  
Vol 183 (1-2) ◽  
pp. e51-e58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J Ursano ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Carol S Fullerton ◽  
Holly Ramsawh ◽  
Robert K Gifford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Service Members

Whose post-traumatic stress affects drinking levels? Couple-dyad modeling of national guard service members and their partners

2014 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. e10
Author(s):  
Sundari Balan ◽  
Carissa van den Berk-Clark ◽  
M. Shroff ◽  
G. Widner ◽  
J. Scherrer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic

Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
The United States ◽  
Active Duty ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Impact

There are approximately 30,000 suicides in the United States each year. Over 20% of these suicides are completed by active duty service members and military veterans. Experts in the field of military suicide collaboratively contributed to this textbook to summarize the current state of research on this important topic. The text encompasses various themes; it defines the scope of the problem, outlines current methods for screening and assessing suicide risk, summarizes both evidence-based treatments and risk management techniques, and describes current suicide prevention efforts. Specific topics among such themes explore the effect of psychological trauma, traumatic brain injury, and the impact of military culture on suicide risk. In addition, the text provides an overview of suicide efforts targeted for special population veteran and active duty service members, such as the Army National Guard and Special Operations Forces. Ethical considerations, challenges of research, as well as future directions are highlighted to provide the reader with a critical analysis of military and veteran suicide research. The information provided herein is ideal for care providers such as physicians, psychologists, and mental health professionals—as well as academics whose work involves military service members and veterans.

Examining Help-Seeking Among National Guard Service Members

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Michael Applegarth ◽  
David S. Wood ◽  
AnnaBelle O. Bryan ◽  
Craig J. Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Service Members

Emotion expression, avoidance and psychological health during reintegration

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Marini ◽  
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth ◽  
Sharon L. Christ ◽  
Melissa M. Franks
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Military Service ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Emotion Expression ◽  
Combat Exposure ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Military Service Members ◽  
Individual Use

We evaluated the extent to which military service members’ and their significant others’ coping strategies (i.e., individual use of emotion expression and avoidance) were independently associated with their own—and each other’s—psychological health during reintegration using an actor–partner interdependence model. We simultaneously evaluated actor associations (e.g., associations between service members’ own coping and psychological health) and partner associations (e.g., associations between service members’ coping and their significant others’ psychological health) with a sample of 175 National Guard couples who recently experienced deployment. We further evaluated (1) whether there were interactive associations among partners’ coping strategies and (2) whether service members’ level of combat exposure moderated any of these associations. Results indicated that, for both service members and significant others, psychological health was positively associated with one’s own emotion expression and negatively associated with one’s own avoidance. Moreover, there was a significant partner association between service members’ psychological health and their significant others’ emotion expression but only in the context of high combat exposure. Implications for intervention and prevention efforts are discussed.

Longitudinal patterns of PTSD symptom classes among US National Guard service members during reintegration

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 911-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kipling M. Bohnert ◽  
Rebecca K. Sripada ◽  
Dara Ganoczy ◽  
Heather Walters ◽  
Marcia Valenstein
Keyword(s):  
Ptsd Symptom ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Longitudinal Patterns
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