Buddy-to-Buddy, a citizen soldier peer support program to counteract stigma, PTSD, depression, and suicide

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-97

  Greden, John F ^a,b   Valenstein, Marcia ^a   Spinner, Jane ^a   Blow, Adrian ^c   Gorman, Lisa A ^c   Dalack, Gregory W ^a   Marcus, Sheila ^a   Kees, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen soldiers; Depression; Peer to peer; PTSD; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOLDIER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PEER GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149266402     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05719.x     Document Type: Article

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