The Effects of Suicide Exposure on Mental Health Outcomes Among Post-9/11 Veterans: Protocol for an Explanatory, Sequential, Mixed Methods Study

Nina A Sayer   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   David B Nelson   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Jaimie L Gradus   ⁴ , DSC ;   Rebecca K Sripada   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Maureen Murdoch   ^{1, 3, 7} , MD ;   Alan R Teo   ^{8, 9} , MD ;   Robert J Orazem   ¹ , PhD ;   Julie Cerel   ¹⁰ , PhD

¹ Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, United States

² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

³ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁴ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁶ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁷ Section of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁸ Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, United States

⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States

¹⁰ College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States