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ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2016

Prevalence Comparison of Past-year Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behaviours in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian General Population.

Corneliu Rusu, Mark A Zamorski, David Boulos, Bryan G Garber

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Article in Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Corneliu RusuDirectorate of Mental Health, Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Ottawa, ON corneliu.rusu@forces.gc.ca.
Mark A ZamorskiDirectorate of Mental Health, Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Ottawa, ON Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
David BoulosDirectorate of Mental Health, Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Ottawa, ON.
Bryan G GarberDirectorate of Mental Health, Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Ottawa, ON.
Canadian Armed Forces · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMilitary personnel in Canada and elsewhere have been found to have higher rates of certain mental disorders relative to their corresponding general populations. However, published Canadian data have only adjusted for age and sex differences between the populations. Additional differences in the sociodemographic composition, labour force characteristics, and childhood trauma exposure in the populations could be driving these prevalence differences. Our objective is to compare the prevalence of past-year mental disorders and suicidal behaviours in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force with the rates in a representative, matched sample of Canadians in the general population (CGP).

methodsData sources were the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey and the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health. CGP sample was restricted to match the age range, employment status, and history of chronic conditions of Regular Force personnel. An iterative proportional fitting method was used to approximate the marginal distribution of sociodemographic and childhood trauma variables in both samples.

resultsRelative to the matched CGP, Regular Force personnel had significantly higher rates of past-year major depressive episode, generalized anxiety disorder, and suicide ideation. However, lower rates of alcohol use disorder were seen in Regular Force personnel relative to the matched CGP sample.

conclusionsFactors other than differences in sociodemographic composition and history of childhood trauma account for the excess burden of mental disorders and suicidal behaviours in the Canadian Armed Forces. Explanations to explore in future research include occupational trauma, selection effects, and differences in the context of administration of the 2 surveys.

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Suicidal IdeationAdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseAnxiety DisordersCanadaFemaleHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedMilitary PersonnelPrevalenceSuicide, AttemptedYoung Adultchild abuseepidemiologymatchingmental disordersmilitary personneloccupational healthsuicide

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PMID27270741
PMCPMC4800476
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