Predictors of suicide in patient charts among patients with depression in the Veterans Health Administration health system: Importance of prescription drug and alcohol abuse

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Hyungjin Myra ^a,b   Smith, Eric G ^a   Ganoczy, Dara ^a   Walters, Heather ^c   Stano, Clare M ^c   Ilgen, Mark A ^c   Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,c   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84868117067     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.12m07658     Document Type: Article

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