DOD funds study on suicide prevention in military
The U.S. Department of defense awarded $8.4 million to researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine to conduct suicide prevention studies.
The research addresses the rising suicide rate among military service members by determining effective strategies for suicide prevention.
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“Beyond the tragic loss of human life, suicides by military personnel have broad impacts on family and friends as well as fellow military personnel, and they adversely impact national security,” Craig Bryan, PsyD, ABPP, a clinical psychologist and professor at The Ohio State University, said in a university press release. “Research has even shown that military personnel who know another service member who died by suicide are at increased risk of suicidal behavior.”
The Augmenting Suicide Prevention Interventions for Servicemembers (ASPIS) collaboration will focus on five research projects conducted in a variety of settings and diverse spectrum of military personnel.
“Our projects seek to help military clinicians make optimal treatment decisions for service members exhibiting suicidal ideation and will help military leaders decide how to best prioritize and allocate resources surrounding practical but potentially costly matters like treatment implementation efforts and clinician training for effective suicide prevention strategies,” Bryan said in the release.