Suicidal or self-harming ideation in military personnel transitioning to civilian life

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-405

  Mansfield, Alyssa J ^a,b   Bender, Randall H ^a   Hourani, Laurel L ^a   Larson, Gerald E ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051531027     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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