Suicide among soldiers: A review of psychosocial risk and protective factors

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-125

  Nock, Matthew K ^a   Deming, Charlene A ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^c   Gilman, Stephen E ^b   Goldenberg, Matthew ^c   Kessler, Ronald C ^d   McCarroll, James E ^c   McLaughlin, Katie A ^e   Peterson, Christopher ^f   Schoenbaum, Michael ^g   Stanley, Barbara ^h   Ursano, Robert J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY RELATION; GESTURE; HOMICIDE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879725390     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2013.76.2.97     Document Type: Article

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