@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 = "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",
}