Can “deaths of despair” serve as a focus for planning and evaluating clinical and preventive services for veterans?

  • Katz, I. R., Dent, K. R., Morley, S. W., Hein, T. C., Hoff, R. A., & McCarthy, J. F. (2020). Can “deaths of despair” serve as a focus for planning and evaluating clinical and preventive services for veterans? Psychiatry Research, 285, 112841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112841

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112841

Authors

Katz, Ira R.
Dent, Kallisse R.
Morley, Sybil W.
Hein, Tyler C.
Hoff, Rani A.
McCarthy, John F.

Publication Type

Article

Focus Terms

Mental health
Substance use
Veterans

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)

Methodology

Quantitative Study

Journal

Psychiatry Research

Keywords

suicide
alcohol use disorder
substance use disorder
mortality

Sponsors

VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

Publisher/Sponsoring Organization

Elsevier Science

Author Affiliation

VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Veterans Health Administration, IRK
VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, KRD
VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, SWM
VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, TCH
VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, RAH
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, RAH
VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, JFM
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, JFM

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178119324576?via%3Dihub

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