ABSTRACT
Background: suicide is the self naughting. Army suicide have special condition because of catastrophic effect on their family and military environment. This study proceeds the frequency of Suicidal-thinking in NEZAJA personnel in Tehran within 2005-2006
Materials and Methods: this cross sectional study was done on 321 conscript and official staff of NEZAJA Garrison. Clustered stratified sampling was done to select the samples. The diagnose of disease based on DSM-IV-TR criteria. At first 3 garrisons were selected and sampling on population proportion of them on verbal interview was done
Results: 15.3% of samples had suicidal thinking and 1.9% of them mention to suicide history. The frequency of suicidal thinking in conscript [19.8%] and who psychiatric disease history [84.2%] was more. There is no significant difference between different education level of military personnel
Conclusions: suicidal thinking in conscript of NEZAJA Garrison and those having underling psychiatric disease was more. The result of this study was compatible whit previous study