Projected rates of psychological disorders and suicidality among soldiers based on simulations of matched general population data

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1002-1010

  Gadermann, Anne M ^a   Gilman, Stephen E ^b,c   McLaughlin, Katie A ^d   Nock, Matthew K ^e   Petukhova, Maria ^f   Sampson, Nancy A ^f   Kessler, Ronald C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866361823     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00092     Document Type: Article

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