Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation in Soldiers and its Associated Factors

Overall, the suicidal ideation can be controlled in soldiers by appropriate methods. Prevalence of suicidal ideation was 8.5%. Also the results revealed that the psychological factors, family problems, Socio-demographic background, and military related problems were significantly associated with suicidal ideation. 1329 Soldiers were randomly selected from the Sepah Infantry Forces in variant areas. All the Soldiers were requested to complete the BSSI Beck suicidal scale ideation.as well as Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). Data were analyzed by Correlation tests. Suicide is a self intentionally death. Suicide and Suicidal behavior may exist in all people, but the prevalence of Suicide is more in soldiers. Suicidal ideation, attempt, and completion are discrete, but overlapping phenomena. This study considered numerous factors potentially related to suicidal ideation in Soldiers, including psychological status, family problems, addiction to drugs and cigarette, military related problems, and sociodemographic background.