Substance use disorders and the risk of suicide mortality among men and women in the US Veterans Health Administration

Addiction

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1193-1201

  Bohnert, Kipling M ^a,b   Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b   Louzon, Samantha ^a   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Katz, Ira R ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; cohort; drug use disorders; substance use disorders; suicide; Veterans Health Administration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015190775     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13774     Document Type: Article

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