Risk of suicide attempt among soldiers in army units with a history of suicide attempts

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 924-931

  Ursano, Robert J ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b   Naifeh, James A ^a   Mash, Holly Herberman ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Ng, Tsz Hin Hinz ^a   Aliaga, Pablo A ^a   Wynn, Gary H ^a   Dinh, Hieu M ^a   McCarroll, James E ^a   Sampson, Nancy A ^b   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^d   Schoenbaum, Michael ^e   Heeringa, Steven G ^f   Stein, Murray B ^g,h,i   Wagner, James ^f   Cox, Kenneth ^j  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j U S ARMY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029172398     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1925     Document Type: Article

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