Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation, plans, and impulses: The mediating role of anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns among veterans

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 222, Issue , 2017, Pages 57-62

  Raines, Amanda M ^a,b   Capron, Daniel W ^c   Stentz, Lauren A ^d   Walton, Jessica L ^a,b   Allan, Nicholas P ^e   McManus, Eliza S ^a   Uddo, Madeline ^a,b,f   True, Gala ^a,b,f   Franklin, C Laurel ^a,b,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southeast Louisiana Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Cognitive concerns; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Suicidal ideation; Suicidal plans; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION SYMPTOM INVENTORY SUICIDE SUBSCALE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST 5; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VETERAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021435533     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.06.035     Document Type: Article

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