The use of unit watch or command interest profile in the management of suicide and homicide risk: Rationale and guidelines for the military mental health professional

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Payne, Samuel E ^a   Hill, Jeffrey V ^b   Johnson, David E ^c  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c Schweinfurt Behavioral Health Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOLDIER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 38149052042     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.1.25     Document Type: Review

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