Occupational differences in US Army suicide rates

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3293-3304

  Kessler, R C ^a   Stein, M B ^b,c   Bliese, P D ^d   Bromet, E J ^e   Chiu, W T ^a   Cox, K L ^f   Colpe, L J ^g   Fullerton, C S ^h   Gilman, S E ⁱ   Gruber, M J ^a   Heeringa, S G ^j   Lewandowski Romps, L ^j   Millikan Bell, A ^f   Naifeh, J A ^h   Nock, M K ^k   Petukhova, M V ^a   Rosellini, A J ^a   Sampson, N A ^a   Schoenbaum, M ^g   Zaslavsky, A M ^a   Ursano, R J ^h   more..

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S ARMY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Army; Army STARRS; deployment; resiliency factors; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944275699     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291715001294     Document Type: Article

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