Roles of physical and mental health in suicidal ideation in Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force veterans

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Thompson, James M ^a,b   Zamorski, Mark A ^c   Sweet, Jill ^a   VanTil, Linda ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^d   Pietrzak, Robert H ^e   Hopman, Wilma H ^b,f   MacLean, Mary Beth ^a   Pedlar, David ^a  

^a Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Directorate of Mental Health   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Physical health; Suicidal ideation; Suicide; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901657511     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4217     Document Type: Article

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