Current Suicidal Ideation Among Treatment-Engaged Active-Duty Soldiers and Marines

We examined suicidal ideation among 399 active-duty Soldiers and Marines engaged in mental health treatment. Using a generalized linear model (GLM) controlling for demographic and military factors, depression, and positive traumatic brain injury (TBI) screen, we confirmed our hypothesis that self-report measures of current post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms uniquely predicted suicidal ideation. The association between PTSD severity...