Correlates of Suicide Among Veterans Treated in Primary Care: Case–Control Study of a Nationally Representative Sample

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 853-860

  Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b   Denneson, Lauren M ^a,b   Kovas, Anne E ^a   Teo, Alan ^a,b   Forsberg, Christopher W ^a   Kaplan, Mark S ^c   Bossarte, Robert ^d   McFarland, Bentson H ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; mental health; primary care; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84922003089     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3028-1     Document Type: Article

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