2024
The association of pain screening and pain level with suicide among US veterans with comorbid musculoskeletal and bipolar disorder diagnoses
Abel E, Travaglini L, Snow J, Goulet J. The association of pain screening and pain level with suicide among US veterans with comorbid musculoskeletal and bipolar disorder diagnoses. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 369: 429-435. PMID: 39389110, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationBipolar disorder diagnosisPain screeningPain severity ratingsMusculoskeletal disordersSuicide mortalityPain severityRelative risk of suicideDisorder diagnosisVHA databaseMusculoskeletal disorder diagnosisSuicide riskActual medication useAssociation of painSuicide prevention effortsRisk of suicideHighest suicide ratesHigher suicide riskSuicide risk factorsRetrospective cohort studySubstance use disordersHealth AdministrationPain diagnosisPoisson regressionUS veteransSelf-injurious unnatural death among Veterans with HIV
Smith A, Goulet J, Vlahov D, Justice A, Womack J. Self-injurious unnatural death among Veterans with HIV. AIDS 2024, 38: 1570-1578. PMID: 38814683, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNested case-control studyModifiable risk factorsRisk of suicideCase-control studyRisk factorsIdentification of modifiable risk factorsCategorization of deathsIncidence density samplingAging Cohort StudyCohort of veteransIncreased risk of suicideConditional logistic regressionHigher pain levelsUse disorderPublic health burdenDrug use disordersUnnatural deathsDeath codesUnintentional causesInternational ClassificationHIV statusExcess deathsPrevention effortsAlcohol use disorder
2023
Risk factors for suicide among veterans living with and without HIV: a nested case-control study
Smith A, Goulet J, Vlahov D, Justice A, Womack J. Risk factors for suicide among veterans living with and without HIV: a nested case-control study. AIDS And Behavior 2023, 28: 115-124. PMID: 37751112, PMCID: PMC11289766, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04164-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV-specific risk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCase-control studyRisk factorsRisk of suicideAging Cohort StudyDiagnosis of HIVMost risk factorsUse of benzodiazepinesConditional logistic regressionMental health treatmentSubstance use disordersPrevious suicide attemptsCohort studyHIV statusRates of suicideHigh prevalenceGeneral populationUse disordersHealth treatmentAffective disordersHIVSuicide attemptsLogistic regressionPWH