Suicide attempts in the US Army during thewars in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2004 to 2009

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 917-926

  Ursano, Robert J ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b   Stein, Murray B ^c,d,e   Naifeh, James A ^a   Aliaga, Pablo A ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Sampson, Nancy A ^b   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^a,f   Colpe, Lisa J ^g   Schoenbaum, Michael ^g   Cox, Kenneth L ^h   Heeringa, Steven G ⁱ   Cersovsky, Steven ^j   Cux, Kenneth ^j   Benedek, David M ^a   Nikki Benevides, K ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^k   Borja, Susan ^g   Bromet, Evelyn J ^l   Brown, Gregory G ^d   Wryter, Christina L ^a   Campbell Sills, Laura ^d   Dempsey, Catherine L ^a   Gebler, Nancy ⁱ   Gifford, Robert K ^a   Gilman, Stephen E ^m   Holloway, Marjan G ^a   Hurwitz, Paul E ^a   Jain, Sonia ^d   Koenen, Karestan C ⁿ   Lewandowski Romps, Lisa ⁱ   Mash, Holly Herberman ^a   McCarroll, James E ^a   Ng, Tsz Hin Hinz ^a   Nock, Matthew K ^o   Raman, Rema ^d   Ramsawh, Holly J ^a   Rosellini, Anthony Joseph ^b   Santiago, Patcho ^a   Scanlon, Michaelle ^g   Smoller, Jordan W ^b   Street, Amy ^p   Thomas, Michael L ^d   Vegella, Patti L ^a   Wang, Leming ^a   Wassel, Christina L ^q   Wessely, Simon ^r   Wu, Hongyan ^a   Wynn, Gary H ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Zhang, Bailey G ^a   more..

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h U S ARMY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j US Army Public Health Command   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^l STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^o HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^r KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ICD-9; IRAQ; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940986707     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0987     Document Type: Article

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