Suicide in peacekeepers: Risk factors for suicide versus accidental death

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-442

  Thoresen, Siri ^a,c   Mehlum, Lars ^b  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Centre for Studies on Violence and Traumatic Stress Ltd   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VETERAN;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748974228     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 03630234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2006.36.4.432     Document Type: Article

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