@article{8e59a9bebd9841c5a8f7e8f565680667,
title = "An Examination of Potential Misclassification of Army Suicides: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers",
abstract = "Debate continues about the accuracy of military suicide reporting due to concerns that some suicides may be classified as accidents to minimize stigma and ensure survivor benefits. We systematically reviewed records for 998 active duty Army deaths (510 suicides; 488 accident, homicide, and undetermined deaths; 2005-2009) and, using research criteria, reclassified 8.2% of the nonsuicide cases to definite suicide (1), suicide probable (4), or suicide possible (35). The reclassification rate to definite suicide was only 0.2% (1/488). This low rate suggests that flagrant misclassification of Army deaths is uncommon and surveillance reports likely reflect the “true” population of Army suicides.",
author = "{the Army STARRS collaborators} and Cox, {Kenneth L.} and Nock, {Matthew K.} and Biggs, {Quinn M.} and Jennifer Bornemann and Colpe, {Lisa J.} and Dempsey, {Catherine L.} and Heeringa, {Steven G.} and McCarroll, {James E.} and Ng, {Tsz Hin} and Michael Schoenbaum and Ursano, {Robert J.} and Zhang, {Bailey G.} and Benedek, {David M.} and Stein, {Murray B.} and Kessler, {Ronald C.} and Steven Cersovsky and Aliaga, {Pablo A.} and {Nikki Benevides}, K. and Bliese, {Paul D.} and Susan Borja and Bromet, {Evelyn J.} and Brown, {Gregory G.} and Laura Campbell-Sills and Fullerton, {Carol S.} and Nancy Gebler and Gifford, {Robert K.} and Gilman, {Stephen E.} and Holloway, {Marjan G.} and Hurwitz, {Paul E.} and Sonia Jain and Kao, {Tzu Cheg} and Koenen, {Karestan C.} and Lisa Lewandowski-Romps and Mash, {Holly Herberman} and Naifeh, {James A.} and Rema Raman and Ramsawh, {Holly J.} and Rosellini, {Anthony Joseph} and Sampson, {Nancy A.} and Patcho Santiago and Michaelle Scanlon and Smoller, {Jordan W.} and Amy Street and Thomas, {Michael L.} and Leming Wang and Wassel, {Christina L.} and Simon Wessely and Wryter, {Christina L.} and Hongyan Wu and Wynn, {Gary H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Although a draft of this manuscript was submitted to the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, and NIMH for review and comment prior to submission, this was with the understanding that comments would be no more than advisory. Army STARRS was sponsored by the Department of the Army and funded under cooperative agreement number U01MH087981 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Health and Human Services, NIMH, the Veterans Administration, Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense. The Army STARRS Team consists of coprincipal investigators: Robert J. Ursano, MD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) and Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH (University of California San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System); Site Principal Investigators: Steven Heeringa, PhD (University of Michigan) and Ronald C. Kessler, PhD (Harvard Medical School); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) collaborating scientists: Lisa J. Colpe, PhD, MPH and Michael Schoenbaum, PhD; Army liaisons/consultants: COL Steven Cersovsky, MD, MPH (USAPHC (Provisional)) and Kenneth Cox, MD, MPH (USAPHC (Provisional)); other team members: Pablo A. Aliaga, MA (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); COL David M. Benedek, MD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); K. Nikki Benevides, MA (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Paul D. Bliese, PhD (University of South Carolina); Susan Borja, PhD (NIMH); Evelyn J. Bromet, PhD (Stony Brook University School of Medicine); Gregory G. Brown, PhD (University of California San Diego); Laura Campbell-Sills, PhD (University of California San Diego); Catherine L. Dempsey, PhD, MPH (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Carol S. Fullerton, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Nancy Gebler, MA (University of Michigan); Robert K. Gifford, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Stephen E. Gilman, ScD (Harvard School of Public Health); Marjan G. Holloway, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Paul E. Hurwitz, MPH (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Sonia Jain, PhD (University of California San Diego); Tzu-Cheg Kao, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Karestan C. Koenen, PhD (Columbia University); Lisa Lewandowski-Romps, PhD (University of Michigan); Holly Herberman Mash, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); James E. McCarroll, PhD, MPH (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); James A. Naifeh, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Tsz Hin Hinz Ng, MPH (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Matthew K. Nock, PhD (Harvard University); Rema Raman, PhD (University of California San Diego); Holly J. Ramsawh, PhD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Anthony Joseph Rosellini, PhD (Harvard Medical School); Nancy A. Sampson, BA (Harvard Medical School); LCDR Patcho Santiago, MD, MPH (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Michaelle Scanlon, MBA (NIMH); Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD (Harvard Medical School); Amy Street, PhD (Boston University School of Medicine); Michael L. Thomas, PhD (University of California San Diego); Leming Wang, MS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Christina L. Wassel, PhD (University of Vermont); Simon Wessely, FMedSci (King's College London); Christina L. Wryter, BA (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Hongyan Wu, MPH (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); LTC Gary H. Wynn, MD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); and Alan M. Zaslavsky, PhD (Harvard Medical School). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The American Association of Suicidology",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1111/sltb.12280",
language = "English",
volume = "47",
pages = "257--265",
journal = "Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior",
issn = "0363-0234",
number = "3",
}