Suicidal ideation among national guard troops deployed to Iraq: The association with postdeployment readjustment problems

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 914-920

  Kline, Anna ^a,b   Ciccone, Donald S ^c   Falca Dodson, Maria ^b,d   Black, Christopher M ^a   Losonczy, Miklos ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

combat stress; OEF OIF military veterans; postdeployment readjustment; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955207068     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182392917     Document Type: Review

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