Suicide bereavement and loneliness among UK Armed Forces veterans under the care of mental health services: Prevalence and associations

Suicide bereavement is a risk factor for suicide and psychiatric illness. Its lifetime prevalence in the general population is estimated at 22%, and in one (US) veteran sample as 47%, but no estimates exist for a UK veteran sample. We aimed to measure the lifetime prevalence of suicide bereavement i...

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Published in:	Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
Main Authors:	Marta Lages Abrantes, Alexandra Pitman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Suicide Bereavement Grief Veterans Loneliness Substance-related disorders
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666518223000311

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