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Research on sex-based differences in postwar suicide risk among this veteran cohort, however, remains scant.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine the association of theatre deployment or deployment to Vietnam or the surrounding theatres of war operations between 1961 and 1975, and sex differences in risk of postwar (1979\u20132019) suicide mortality among Vietnam War-era veterans.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was an observational study using a retrospective cohort design to examine the impact of sex and theatre deployment or deployment to Vietnam or the surrounding theatres of war operations between 1961 and 1975 on risk of postwar suicide mortality among 9\u2009494\u2009656 US Vietnam War-era veterans. 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Female veterans\u2019 elevated risk of suicide relative to the general population, however, warrants attention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Vigilant attention to the heightened risk of suicide among female Vietnam War-era veterans relative to the general population is needed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjment-2025-301820","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]],"date-time":"2025-10-24T21:20:32Z","timestamp":1761340832000},"page":"e301820","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sex differences in suicide mortality among Vietnam War-era veterans 1979\u20132019: a cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3960-7275","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie C","family":"Weitlauf","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA"},{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and by courtesy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6482-5568","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tim","family":"Bullman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC\n\u00ad, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5596-5040","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aaron","family":"Schneiderman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC\n\u00ad, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0514-0996","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fatema","family":"Akhtar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC\n\u00ad, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5251-3401","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sybil W","family":"Morley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Excellence for Suicide Prevention, VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, Canandaigua, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8520-7400","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"William J","family":"Culpepper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC\n\u00ad, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-4983-3638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter C","family":"Britton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Excellence for Suicide Prevention, VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, Canandaigua, New York, USA"},{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7402-6607","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Victoria J","family":"Davey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC, \u00ad\nUSA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025102414202515000_28.1.e301820.1","unstructured":"Defense Manpower Data Center . 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