Suicide Prevention Program in the Army of Serbia and Montenegro

A Systematic Review of Suicide Prevention Programs for Military or Veterans

“…The rate for 2000 was 0 and 16.7 for 2001. Gordana and Milivoje (2007) reported on a suicide prevention program in the Army of Serbia and Montenegro, influenced by the USAF program of Knox et al (2003), above. The program components included selection (to remove recruits with serious mental problems), education about suicide risk factors, and motivation for military duty.…”

Emotional Regulation of Mental Pain as Moderator of Suicidal Ideation in Military Settings

“…Suicide is the leading cause of death in most armies during times of peace [7,16,19,23,28]. Although public attention usually focuses on completed suicides, rather than suicide ideation and suicide attempts, completed suicide is a relatively rare event.…”

Risk factors for suicide in the Israeli army between the years 1992–2012: A case-control study

“…Findings regarding suicide in the IDF do not differ from those reported in studies of adolescents, of civilians [17], or from European [18] or American army data [4,13,16].…”

“…Since women in the IDF typically do not serve in a combat role, the assessment of motivation for combat service is administered solely to male soldiers [21]. Soldiers' motivation scores range from 8-40 and are classified into three categories: low (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), average (21)(22)(23)(24)(25), and high (26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) [25].…”