Patterns of Alcohol Use and Suicide-related Thoughts Among-Recently Discharged Veterans: Risk Factors Associated with the Military to Veteran Transition

The combination of alcohol use and negative emotional states has been identified as a particularly toxic combination for suicide risk. The current study proposes to examine changes in (a) alcohol use/misuse and (b) depression (as the primary suicide-related negative emotional state) as soldiers undergo the transition from active duty to veteran status, as well as to prevent/reduce alcohol misuse and depression in this population. To date: the assessments (screening, baseline, pre-separation (delivered up to 2 times) and post-separation (delivered 12 times)are nearing finalization;the internet-delivered brief intervention component (delivered 3 times to a portion of the participants in the study) is also nearing completion.

Patterns of Alcohol Use and Suicide-related Thoughts Among Recently-Discharged Veterans: Risk Factors Associated with the Military-to-Veteran Transition

The combination of alcohol use and negative emotional states has been identified as a particularly toxic combination for suicide risk. The current study proposes to examine changes in (a) alcohol use/misuse and (b) depression (as the primary suicide-related negative emotional state) as soldiers undergo the transition from active duty to veteran status, as well as to prevent/reduce alcohol misuse and depression in this population. To date: the assessments (screening, baseline, pre-separation (delivered up to 2 times) and postx2;separation (delivered 12 times)are nearing finalization;the internet-delivered brief intervention component (delivered 3 times to a portion of the participants in the study) is also nearing completion.