Suicidality and Veterans With a History of Traumatic Brain Injury: Precipitating Events, Protective Factors, and Prevention Strategies

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 390-397

  Brenner, Lisa A ^a,b   Homaifar, Beeta Y ^a,b   Adler, Lawrence E ^a,b   Wolfman, Jessica H ^a,c   Kemp, Jan ^d  

^a Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VISN 2 Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

qualitative; suicide; traumatic brain injury; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 73849152559     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017802     Document Type: Article

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