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Trends in suicide rates among post-9/11 veterans with and without traumatic brain injury

JAMA Neurology

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

About The Study: In a large cohort of U.S. military veterans serving after 9/11, suicide rates increased more than 10-fold from 2006-2020, a significantly greater rate of change than in the U.S. adult population. Over the 15-year period, veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had suicide rates 56% higher than veterans without TBI and three times higher than the U.S. adult population.

Authors: Jeffrey T. Howard, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at San Antonio, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2893)

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