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Differences in childhood adversity, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among veterans and nonveterans.
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- Adverse childhood experiences and the risk of non-suicidal self-injury: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- A qualitative contextualisation of childhood adversity, stressors and symptoms of diagnosed adjustment disorder among UK military personnel.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Predicting externalizing symptom trajectories in U.S. National Guard recruits: The role of adverse childhood experiences.Journal of traumatic stress · 2026Article
- Moral Injury and COVID-Related Stress Among Post-9/11 Veterans: Examining Longitudinal Associations.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Article
- Latent class patterns of adverse childhood experiences and mental health among National Guard recruits.Child abuse & neglect · 2025Article
- Direct and indirect associations of childhood adversities with functional impairment and life stress among military personnel.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Exacerbation model of cumulative adverse experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors of self-harm and suicidality among Chinese migrant workers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exploring Associations Between Deployment-Related Events and Moral Injury Outcomes in Post-9/11 Veterans.Traumatology · 2025Article
- Childhood Adversity and Passive Suicidal Ideation in Later Life in the United States: Does Religious Attendance Matter?Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Veterans.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Relationship of social determinants of health with symptom severity among Veterans and non-Veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder or depression.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Implementing Peer Specialists in Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Veterans Health Administration.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2023Article
- Physical health of Post-9/11 U.S. Military veterans in the context of Healthy People 2020 targeted topic areas: Results from the Comparative Health Assessment Interview Research Study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Variation in call volume to the Veterans Crisis Line by women and men veterans prior to and following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Sexual Harassment and Assault During Deployment: Associations with Treatment Outcomes Among Veterans with Co-occurring PTSD and SUD.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are robustly associated with physical and mental health problems over the life span. Relatively limited research has examined the breadth of ACEs among military veteran populations, for whom ACEs may be premilitary traumas associated with suicidal ideation and attempt. Using data from the Comparative Health Assessment Interview Research Study, a large national survey sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this investigation examined the prevalence of 22 self-reported potentially traumatic experiences before the age of 18 (i.e., ACEs) among veterans and nonveterans and estimated the association of ACEs with suicidal ideation and attempt at age 18 or older. All analyses were weighted to account for complex sampling design and stratified by gender. The study sample included 9,571 veteran men, 3,143 nonveteran men, 5,543 veteran women, and 1,364 nonveteran women. Veteran men reported greater average frequency of ACEs than nonveteran men (2.7 ACEs vs. 2.3 ACEs, respectively, p < .001); 11.1% of veteran men indicated >6 ACEs compared with 7.3% of nonveteran men (p < .001). Veteran women reported greater average frequency of ACEs than nonveteran women (3.1 ACEs vs. 2.4 ACEs, respectively, p < .001). Among women, more veterans than nonveterans reported >6 ACEs (14.9% vs. 8.6%, respectively, p < .001). The strongest correlate of suicide attempt at age 18 or older for veteran men was having >6 ACEs (adjusted odds ratio, aOR = 4.20, 95%CI = 2.72-6.49); for veteran women, the strongest correlate was suicidal ideation or attempt before age 18 (aOR = 5.37, 95%CI = 4.11-7.03). Suicide prevention research, policy, and practice should address ACEs among veterans as salient premilitary risk factors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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