When a soldier commits suicide in Iraq: Impact on unit and caregivers

Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Carr, Russell B ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRAQ; LEADERSHIP; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOLDIER; STIGMA; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; WAR;

CAREGIVERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WAR;

EID: 79959599727     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2011.74.2.95     Document Type: Article

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