Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel with Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 474-483

  Comtois, Katherine Anne ^a   Kerbrat, Amanda H ^a   Decou, Christopher R ^a   Atkins, David C ^a   Majeres, Justine J ^b   Baker, Justin C ^c   Ries, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIREARM; FOLLOW UP; HANGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLDIER; STRANGULATION; SUFFOCATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85061646239     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4530     Document Type: Article

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