Trends in Suicide Rates Among Post-9/11 US Military Veterans With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury From 2006-2020

JAMA Neurol. 2023 Oct 1;80(10):1117-1119. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2893.

Authors

Jeffrey T Howard¹, Ian J Stewart², Megan E Amuan^{3

4}, Jud C Janak⁵, Krista J Howard⁶, Mary Jo Pugh^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio.
² Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda.
³ University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
⁴ Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁵ Bexar Data, LLC, San Antonio, Texas.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos.

PMID: 37639278
PMCID: PMC10463169 (available on 2024-08-28)
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2893

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Plain language summary

This cohort study examines trends in suicide rates for veterans with and without traumatic brain injury compared with the US adult population.