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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9, 2504-2519; doi:10.3390/ijerph9072504 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Review Suicide among War Veterans Vsevolod Rozanov 1,* and Vladimir Carli 2 1 Institute of Innovative and Post-Diploma Education, Odessa National Mechnikov University, 2 Dvoryanskaya Street, Odessa 65082, Ukraine 2 National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 10523, Sweden; E-Mail: Vladimir.carli@ki.se * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: rozanov@.ua. Received: 19 June 2012; in revised form: 8 July 2012 / Accepted: 11 July 2012 / Published: 19 July 2012 Abstract: Studies aiming to identify if war veterans are at higher risk of suicide have often produced inconsistent results; this could be due to the complexity of comparisons and different methodological approaches. It should be noted that this contingent has many risk factors, such as stressful exposures, wounds, brain trauma and pain syndrome. Most recent observations confirm that veterans are really more likely to die of suicide as compared to the general population; they are also more likely to experience suicidal ideation and suffer from mental health problems. Suicides are more freq