Suicide and war: The mediating effects of negative mood, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and social support among army National Guard soldiers

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-469

  Griffith, James ^a  

^a Army National Guard   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WAR;

AFFECT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, MILITARY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; WAR;

EID: 84865743575     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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