Male US Military Veterans Are Twice As Likely To Commit Suicide....

These findings suggest that doctors should look for signs of suicidal intentions among soldiers returning from service in Afghanistan and Iraq, the researchers said. "Male veterans are twice as likely as their civilian counterparts to die by suicide," said study author Mark Kaplan, a professor of community health at Portland State University. "We don't understand why. But this finding may foreshadow what is going to come with the current cohort of military personnel who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq." For the study, Kaplan's team collected data on 320,000 men over age 18 who participated in the National Health Interview Survey. The men were followed for 12 years. http://myhealth.atlanticare.org/healthnews/healthday/070612HD605489.htm

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