Feasibility and acceptability of interventions to delay gun access in VA mental health settings

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 692-698

  Walters, Heather ^a   Kulkarni, Madhur ^b,c   Forman, Jane ^a   Roeder, Kathryn ^d   Travis, Jamie ^e   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Mental health; Suicide; Veterans; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELAY GUN ACCESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WEAPON;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84867877399     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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