Perspectives on military culture among veterans with a recent suicide attempt: Illustrating gender differences and informing suicide prevention

  • Tompkins, K. J., Roth, B., Wu, T. Y., Somohano, V. C., & Denneson, L. M. (2024). Perspectives on military culture among veterans with a recent suicide attempt: Illustrating gender differences and informing suicide prevention. Armed Forces & Society, 50(2), 404-417. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X221123375

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X221123375

Authors

Tompkins, Kyla J.
Roth, Brandon
Wu, Tiona Y.
Somohano, Vanessa C.
Denneson, Lauren M.

Publication Type

Article

Focus Terms

Veterans
Mental health
Trauma

Branch of Service

Multiple branches

Military Affiliation

Veteran

Subject Affiliation

Veteran

Population

Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Aged (65 yrs & older)

Methodology

Qualitative Study

Journal

Armed Forces & Society

Keywords

gender differences
suicide attempt
prevention

Sponsors

This material is based on work supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, and VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) project IIR17-131. Writing of this article was partially supported by the Office of Academic Affiliations, Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, Department of Veterans Affairs. Mx. Kyla Tompkins is a Research Associate at the VA Portland Health Care System, HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC).

Publisher/Sponsoring Organization

SAGE

Author Affiliation

HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, KJT
HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, BR
HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, TYW
HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, LMD
NW Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Portland Health Care System, VCS
Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, LMD

URL

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0095327X221123375

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