Suicidality among police

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-509

  Stuart, Heather ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Police; Suicide

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; WORKPLACE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 52449118568     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328305e4c1     Document Type: Review

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