Attempted Suicide Among the Aged
| Autor: | Stanley E. Goldstein, J. M. Sendbuehler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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Canada medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study business.industry Population Human factors and ergonomics Organic brain syndrome Poison control Suicide Attempted medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Injury prevention medicine Humans Female Elderly suicide Medical emergency Morbidity Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychiatry education business Aged |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 25:245-248 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8614 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1977.tb00408.x |
| Popis: | Although the rate for suicide in old age is high, the rate for attempted (unsuccessful) suicide is low. Among the elderly, suicide-attempt groups have more physical disorders, more psychoses, and more psychopathologic findings, and are under-represented demographically. Fifty percent of the elderly suicide attempters have organic brain syndrome (OBS), compared to only 5-10 percent of the "normal" population over age 60. Among what might be expected to be a high-risk suicide population, OBS apparently interferes with the success of suicide attempts by impairing coordination, planning, determination, and awareness of reality. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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