Relation between traumatic events and suicide attempts in canadian military personnel

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Belik, Shay Lee ^a,d   Stein, Murray B ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^c   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attempts; Canadian; Military; Representative; Suicide; Trauma; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WELLBEING;

EID: 60849134848     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400207     Document Type: Article

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