Literature DB >> 24946241

Suicide and the elderly.

A Shah1, T De.   

Abstract

Impending demographic changes mean that the proportion of the elderly in the population will increase. Suicide rates increase with age. The literature on elderly suicide, with emphasis on methodology, cross-national rates and trends, correlates, cultural factors, location and method, attempted suicides and prevention, is critically reviewed in this paper.

Keywords:  attempted suicides; depression; elderly; parasuicides; suicides

Year:  1998        PMID： 24946241     DOI： 10.3109/13651509809115108

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract        ISSN： 1365-1501            Impact factor:   1.812


  16 in total

1.  A national target for reducing suicide. Suicide in older people must be reduced.

Authors:  M Abas; M J Crawford
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1999-01-16

2.  Suicides by country of birth groupings in England and Wales: age-associated trends and standardised mortality ratios.

Authors:  Ajit Shah; James Lindesay; Mick Dennis
Journal:  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol       Date:  2010-02-10       Impact factor: 4.328

3.  Suicide rates: age-associated trends and their correlates.

Authors:  Ajit Shah
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2011-04-16

4.  The relationship between elderly suicide rates and different components of education: a cross-national study.

Authors:  Ajit Shah
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2011-04-16

5.  The relationship between the use of mental health act and elderly suicide rates in England and Walls.

Authors:  Ajit Shah; Laura Buckley
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2009-07

6.  Does adversity early in life affect general population suicide rates? A cross-national study.

Authors:  Ajit Shah; Ritesh Bhandarkar
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2011-01

7.  A replication of the relationship between elderly suicides rates and elderly dependency ratios: a cross-national study.

Authors:  Ajit Shah
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2010-01

8.  The current status of methods used by the elderly for suicides in England and Wales.

Authors:  Ajit Shah; Laura Buckley
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2011-07

9.  A replication of the relationship between adversity earlier in life and elderly suicide rates using five years cross-national data.

Authors:  Ajit Shah
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2011-04-16

10.  A replication of a possible relationship between elderly suicide rates and smoking using five-year data on suicide rates? A cross-national study.

Authors:  Ajit Shah
Journal:  J Inj Violence Res       Date:  2010-01
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