Historic data on military suicide shows no clear link with combat operations
By: Leo Shane III  
Contrary to public assumptions, increased combat operations do not lead to more military suicides and may actually result in fewer troops engaging in self-harm, according to a new analysis of historic Defense Department data released Friday.
Study authors say their findings provide both a reminder that the motivations behind suicide aren’t singular, simple factors, and an alert to other researchers that more data on the problem is available than they may know about.
The study tracks Army suicide data from the 1840s to today. Dr. Christopher Frueh, a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii and one of the study’s authors, said researchers spent the last four years combing through Army medical records to find the information.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/12/13/historic-data-on-military-suicide-shows-no-clear-link-with-combat-operations/
