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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2012 Feb 28;42(10):2109–2118. doi: 10.1017/S0033291712000268

Table 4.

War period and mental disorders as risk factors for first onset of suicidalitya

Ideation
Plan
Attempt
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Model 1b
War periods
 Post-war 4.1* 1.9–8.5 6.0* 1.7–20.8 2.6* 1.2–5.8
 Pre-war 0.6 0.1–4.1 0.7 0.2–3.0 0.8 0.2–3.7
 During war 1.0 1.0 1.0
Mental disorder
 Major depressive disorder before war 3.0 0.9–9.6 6.3* 1.8–21.9 6.7* 1.7–25.8
 Impulse-control disorder before war 17.1* 5.1–57.9 25.5* 5.3–123.9
 Social phobia before war 12.0* 1.0–143.0 60.9* 5.3–696.0
 Substance use disorder before war 270.6* 60.8–>999.999
Model 2c
War periods
 Post-war 4.0* 2.0–8.0 5.4* 1.6–18.5 2.4* 1.2–4.8
 Pre-war 0.6 0.1–3.9 0.7 0.2–3.0 0.7 0.1–3.8
 During war 1.0 1.0 1.0
Mental disorder
 Major depressive disorder during war 3.1* 1.1–9.1 4.0 0.7–22.1 4.3* 1.6–11.5
 Impulse-control disorder during war 4.0 0.5–31.3 5.7 0.5–62.8 6.4 0.8–50.4
 Social phobia during war 5.8* 1.9–17.5 3.0 0.4–23.5 6.0* 1.3–28.2
 Substance use disorder during war
Model 3d
War periods
 Post-war 2.7* 1.3–5.9 3.3 0.9–12.3 1.7 0.8–3.6
 Pre-war 0.5 0.1–3.0 0.5 0.1–2.6 0.6 0.1–3.1
 During war 1.0 1.0 1.0
Mental disorder
 Major depressive disorder after war 10.3* 5.3–20.1 13.6* 6.0–30.7 8.4* 4.1–17.1
 Impulse-control disorder after war 15.3* 6.9–34.0 14.1* 6.7–29.8 7.5* 2.0–27.9
 Social phobia after war 9.6* 1.9–48.6 13.9* 2.0–96.3 3.7 0.6–21.7
 Substance use disorder after war 5.1* 1.4–18.5

OR, Odds ratios ; CI, confidence interval.

Insufficient cases.

– Not included in model for suicide ideation and plan.

a

Discrete time survival models, assessed for respondents who completed part II (n=1031). Each model was estimated separately for suicide ideation, plan, and attempt.

b

Model 1 includes mental disorders with an onset before the war.

c

Model 2 includes mental disorders with an onset during the war.

d

Model 3 includes mental disorders with an onset after the war.

*

Significant at the 0.05 level, two-sided test.