Does suicidal ideation as measured by the PHQ-9 predict suicide among VA patients?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 517-522

  Louzon, Samantha A ^a,b   Bossarte, Robert ^c   McCarthy, John F ^c   Katz, Ira R ^d  

^a Branch Creative Network   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Office of Public Health and Office of Mental Health Services   (United States)

^d VA Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84989845391     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500149     Document Type: Article

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