Higher-risk periods for suicide among VA patients receiving depression treatment: Prioritizing suicide prevention efforts

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b   Kim, Hyungjin Myra ^a,c   Ganoczy, Dara ^a   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Zivin, Kara ^a,b   Austin, Karen L ^a   Hoggatt, Katherine ^c   Eisenberg, Daniel ^c   Piette, John D ^b   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b   Olfson, Mark ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Columbia University Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive disorders; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 56249110203     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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