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Women Veterans at High Risk

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Recent research shows that women Veterans have an increased risk of suicide compared with females in the general population.

Women Veterans are more likely to experience a traumatic event which may increase their risk for both post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide.

Veteran-specific risk factors for suicide include: frequency and length of deployments and the location (hostile environments), exposure to extreme stress, physical or sexual assault while in the service (higher for women, but can happen to men as well) and service-related injuries.

Additional risk factors include alcohol or substance abuse, recent losses - physical, financial or personal - feelings of hopelessness, and depression.

Acute warning signs and symptoms are

Other signs of concern include

Providers should be vigilant about these risk factors and signs, about screening for depression and possibly other mental health conditions and follow patients with depression and other risk factors closely.

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