Psychiatric diagnoses and risk of suicide in veterans

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1152-1158

  Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b   Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,b   Ignacio, Rosalinda V ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Valenstein, Marcia M ^a,b   Kim, H Myra ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 78149351446     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.129     Document Type: Article

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