Marital Status, Life Stressor Precipitants, and Communications of Distress and Suicide Intent in a Sample of United States Air Force Suicide Decedents

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-160

  Martin, Jeffery S ^a   Ghahramanlou Holloway, Marjan ^a   Englert, David R ^b   Bakalar, Jennifer L ^a   Olsen, Cara ^a   Nademin, Elicia M ^c   Jobes, David A ^d   Branlund, Shannon ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations Andrews Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Catholic University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air force; marital status; military; prevention; psychological autopsy; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877265317     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.776456     Document Type: Article

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