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Suicidal ideation in acutely medically ill elderly inpatients
— prevalence, correlates and longitudinal stability | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah, Katharina Hoxey, Vidurath Mayadunne |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 2, February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 162-169 |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Acute illness ; Depression ; In-patients ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; London. |
| Annotation | Suicidal ideation encompasses people with thoughts of death and suicide, thoughts of an actual suicide plan, suicide attempts and completing suicides. In this prospective study, suicidal ideation was measured using the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI) and the items of pessimism, life not worth living and a wish to die on the Brief Assessment Schedule (BAS). Formal measures of physical illness, functional disability and handicap were also used. Patients were seen at the outset and at about 6 months. The prevalence of suicidal ideation on the BSSI and BAS items of pessimism, life not worth living and a wish to die were 36%, 60%, 33% and 22% respectively. These four variables were significantly inter-correlated. The BSSI was significantly associated with BAS depression scores, BAS depression caseness, and prescription of antidepressants. Similar results were ascertained for the BAS items of pessimism, life not worth living and a wish to die. Further studies examining the longitudinal stability of suicidal ideation coupled with intervention studies to reduce suicidal ideation are required. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000502011 A |
| Classmark | EV: CHA: ENR: LF7: 49: 3J: 82L |
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