Cause of Death in Veterans Receiving General Medical and Mental Health Care

This article examines the rates of causes of death among veterans served by Pennsylvania Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) and the relations between recent mental health treatment, age at death, and cause of death. The authors also examine site differences in VAMCs across Pennsylvania in rates of unnatural deaths in general and suicide in particular. (Authors)

Publication Date: 
2002
Pages: 
789-792
Volume: 
190
Issue: 
11
Journal Name: 
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease