Risk factors for suicide in the Vietnam-era twin registry

  • Forsberg, C. W., Estrada, S. A., Baraff, A., Magruder, K. M., Vaccarino, V., Litz, B. T., Friedman, M. J., Goldberg, J., & Smith, N. L. (2022). Risk factors for suicide in the Vietnam-era twin registry. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52(4), 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12848

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12848

Authors

Forsberg, Christopher W.
Estrada, Santiago A.
Baraff, Aaron
Magruder, Kathryn M.
Vaccarino, Viola
Litz, Brett T.
Friedman, Matthew J.
Goldberg, Jack
Smith, Nicholas L.

Publication Type

Article

Focus Terms

Veterans
Mental health
Trauma

Branch of Service

Multiple branches

Military Affiliation

Veteran

Subject Affiliation

Veteran

Population

Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Aged (65 yrs & older)
Very old (85 yrs & older)

Methodology

Longitudinal Study
Secondary Analysis

Journal

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Keywords

veterans
PTSD
suicide
self-harm
twins
Vietnam War veterans

Sponsors

This study was supported by the Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research & Development

Publisher/Sponsoring Organization

John Wiley & Sons

Author Affiliation

Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center Department of Veterans Affairs, CWF
Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center Department of Veterans Affairs, SAE
Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center Department of Veterans Affairs, AB
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, KMM
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, VV
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiological Research and Information Center, US Department of Veteran Affairs, BTL
Department of Psychiatry, Boston University, BTL
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, MJF
National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, MJF
eattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center Department of Veterans Affairs, JG
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, JG
Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center Department of Veterans Affairs, NLS
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, NLS

URL

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sltb.12848

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