Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends

The risk of suicide among UK military veterans remains unclear. Few recent studies have been undertaken, and most studies found no clear evidence of increased risk.

This report published in October 2021 used data from the Trends in Scottish Veterans Health cohort to investigate suicides up to 2017. The aim was to examine whether there had been any changes in the long-term pattern of veteran suicides since the earlier study to 2012.

It also to compared trends in the risk of suicide among veterans with matched non-veterans.