Caring letters project: A military suicide-prevention pilot program

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-12

  Luxton, David D ^a,b   Kinn, Julie T ^a   June, Jennifer D ^a   Pierre, Laura W ^c   Reger, Mark A ^a,b   Gahm, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology T2   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring letters; Contact; E mail; Military; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VETERAN;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTAL SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VETERANS;

EID: 84861664967     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000093     Document Type: Article

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