National Center for Veterans Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Arch Suicide Res. 2012;16(2):95-110. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2012.667321.
The continual rise in the U.S. military's suicide rate since 2004 is one of the most vexing issues currently facing military leaders, mental health professionals, and suicide experts. Despite considerable efforts to address this problem, however, suicide rates have not decreased. The authors consider possible reasons for this frustrating reality, and question common assumptions and approaches to military suicide prevention. They further argue that suicide prevention efforts that more explicitly embrace the military culture and implement evidence-based strategies across the full spectrum of prevention and treatment could improve success. Several recommendations for augmenting current efforts to prevent military suicide are proposed.
自 2004 年以来，美国军队的自杀率持续上升，这是军事领导人、心理健康专业人员和自杀专家目前面临的最棘手问题之一。然而，尽管他们做出了相当大的努力来解决这个问题，自杀率却没有下降。作者考虑了造成这种令人沮丧的现实的可能原因，并质疑了预防军人自杀的常见假设和方法。他们进一步认为，预防自杀的努力如果更明确地接受军队文化，并在预防和治疗的整个范围内实施基于证据的策略，可能会提高成功率。为此，作者提出了几项建议来增强当前预防军人自杀的努力。
