U.S. Military Suicide Prevention Review and Program Catalog

A RAND Corporation report commissioned by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs reviews suicide epidemiology and prevention programs within the U.S. Department of Defense. The work, authored by Rajeev Ramchand, catalogs suicide-prevention activities across military services and recommends ways to align them with state-of-the-art prevention science. The context focuses on the period following U.S. military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan from late 2001 onward.

Use Cases

• Reviewing suicide epidemiology trends in the U.S. military based on the described evidence review.
• Cataloging and comparing suicide-prevention programs across different military services as described in the report.
• Identifying gaps between existing military prevention activities and state-of-the-art prevention science as per the report's mandate.

Strengths

• Report is based on a direct commission from the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
• Analysis covers multiple military services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) within the Department of Defense.
• Work includes a review of current evidence and a catalog of existing prevention activities.

Limitations

• The underlying data files, column definitions, and sample data are unavailable for inspection.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• The last update date for the dataset is unknown; freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

RAND Corporation, authored by Rajeev Ramchand.

Collection Method

Likely involves literature review, program analysis, and expert consultation commissioned by the DoD.

Time Range

Context focuses on the period from late 2001 onward, covering conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Geography

United States military personnel.