Life Meaning Is Associated With Suicidal Ideation Among Depressed Veterans

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-29

  Braden, Abby ^a   Overholser, James ^b   Fisher, Lauren ^c   Ridley, Josephine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VETERAN;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VALUE OF LIFE; VETERANS;

EID: 84919868886     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2013.871604     Document Type: Article

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