Suicidal Tendencies Are Evident Before Deployment, Study Finds - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

March 4, 2014

Publication: The New York Times

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/science/suicidal-tendencies-are-evident-before-deployment-study-finds.html

A study by academic, government, and military researchers, including Center-affiliated faculty member Matthew K. Nock, addresses the troubling suicide rate among members of the U.S. Army. The findings reveal that enlisted men and women exhibit more impulsive anger than their civilian counterparts, increasing the likelihood that soldiers will act on suicidal urges. Nock is a professor in the Department of Psychology in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.