Open AccessDifferences Between Veteran Suicides With and Without Psychiatric Symptoms
Author(s) -
Peter C. Britton,
Mark A. Ilgen,
Marcia Valenstein,
Kerry L. Knox,
Cynthia A. Claassen,
Kenneth R. Conner
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300415
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , suicidal ideation , stressor , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , pathology
Our objective was to examine all suicides (n = 423) in 2 geographic areas of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) over a 7-year period and to perform detailed chart reviews on the subsample that had a VHA visit in the last year of life (n = 381).