a Bundeswehr Centre for Military Mental Health , Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin , Berlin , Germany.
b Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Campus Charité Mitte Berlin , St. Hedwig Hospital , Berlin , Germany.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2019 Feb;31(1):60-74. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2019.1581146. Epub 2019 May 1.
As a result of scientific publications indicating that the last two decades have seen an increase in the number of suicides in the US Armed Forces, the topic of suicide in the military of other countries, such as Germany, has also received a lot of attention in media and science alike. Risk factors for suicidal behaviour and suicide were identified in several research projects in the US, Canada, the UK, and Germany. Until now, German suicide research among military service personnel has mainly focused on epidemiological aspects of suicides and suicidality, individual risk factors, sub-groups at risk for suicide, suicides and deployment abroad, and associations of suicide and suicide attempts with acute mental disorders. The key findings are summarized in this review article. Efforts should be made to develop and evaluate risk group-focused and occupation-focused prevention and intervention programs. Future multinational studies should address potential differences between risk groups for fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviour.
由于科学出版物表明，在过去的二十年中，美国武装部队的自杀人数有所增加，因此德国等其他国家军队中的自杀问题也同样受到了媒体和科学界的关注。在美国、加拿大、英国和德国的几个研究项目中，确定了自杀行为和自杀的风险因素。到目前为止，德国针对军事人员的自杀研究主要集中在自杀和自杀倾向的流行病学方面、个体风险因素、自杀风险亚组、与海外部署相关的自杀和自杀企图，以及自杀和自杀企图与急性精神障碍之间的关联。本文综述总结了主要发现。应努力制定和评估针对风险群体和职业的预防和干预计划。未来的跨国研究应解决致命和非致命自杀行为风险群体之间的潜在差异。
