A Qualitative Description of Female Veterans' Deployment-Related Experiences and Potential Suicide Risk Factors

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 923-935

  Gutierrez, Peter M ^a,b   Brenner, Lisa A ^a,b   Rings, Jeffrey A ^a,e   Devore, Maria D ^b   Kelly, Patricia J ^c,f   Staves, Pamela J ^b   Kelly, Caroline M ^b   Kaplan, Mark S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female Veterans; Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE VETERANS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF SUICIDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE VETERANS; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF SUICIDE; QUALITATIVE;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880699892     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21997     Document Type: Article

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