Systemic vulnerabilities to suicide among veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: Review of case reports from a national veterans affairs database

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-32

  Mills, Peter D ^a,b   Huber, Samuel J ^a   Watts, Bradley Vince ^b   Bagian, James P ^c,d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79961000150     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2010.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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