Posttraumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-306

  Jakupcak, Matthew ^a   Cook, Jessica ^a   Imel, Zac ^b,c   Fontana, Alan ^d,e   Rosenheck, Robert ^d,e   McFall, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 73249145690     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20423     Document Type: Article

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