Suicide Risk among Women Veterans in Distress: Perspectives of Responders on the Veterans Crisis Line

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 667-673

  Ramchand, Rajeev ^a   Ayer, Lynsay ^a   Kotzias, Virginia ^a   Engel, Charles ^a   Predmore, Zachary ^a   Ebener, Patricia ^a   Kemp, Janet E ^b   Karras, Elizabeth ^b   Haas, Gretchen ^b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TELEPHONE; VETERAN; ADULT; GOVERNMENT; HOTLINE; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994442773     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.07.005     Document Type: Article

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