Reuters (1/29, Carroll) reports researchers found that “nearly half of deployed soldiers thinking about suicide show no obvious signs that would help mental health professionals identify them.” The researchers analyzed “data on almost 4,000 soldiers serving in Afghanistan in 2012” and “found that 40% of those who said they had contemplated suicide in the past 30 days had not been diagnosed with a major mental health problem and did not show any other signs that would help [healthcare professionals] to identify them as being at risk.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Many soldiers thinking about suicide show no signs, “Linda Carroll, Reuters, January 30, 2020