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Predicting US Army Soldier Suicide-Related Behaviors at the Time of Periodic Health Assessments

JAMA Psychiatry 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2410

August 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Results of this prognostic study suggest that as suicides and SAs have distinct predictors, an attempt to optimize resource allocation will require thoughtful postintervention considerations of costs and benefits of interventions to optimize net benefit.

Corresponding Author: Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu).

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