Increased Suicide Risk On Young Men Leaving The UK Armed Forces
Tuesday, 03.03.2009, 11:00am
A new study in this week´s PLoS Medicine, reports that the risk of suicide increases two to three time on young men 24 years old or less who leave the UK Armed Forces than those remaining in active service or those in the general population. In the first two years after discharge, the risk seems to increase in the men with short length of service, and those of inferior rank.
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