Nonsuicidal self-injury and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 243, Issue , 2016, Pages 232-237

  Kimbrel, Nathan A ^a,b,c   DeBeer, Bryann B ^d,e,f   Meyer, Eric C ^d,e,f   Gulliver, Suzy B ^g   Morissette, Sandra B ^h  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Nonsuicidal self injury; PTSD; Suicidal ideation; Suicide; Suicide attempts; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; WAR; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WARFARE;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VETERANS; WARFARE;

EID: 84978083263     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.039     Document Type: Article

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