Hopelessness and suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans reporting subthreshold and threshold posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 272-275

  Jakupcak, Matthew ^a,b   Hoerster, Katherine D ^a,b   Varra, Alethea ^a,b   Vannoy, Steven ^b   Felker, Bradford ^a   Hunt, Stephen ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans; subthreshold PTSD; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CHECKLIST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERANS;

EID: 79954559183     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182124604     Document Type: Article

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