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Suicide
— maintaining the decline in older people | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 30, no 10, October 2000 |
| Pages | pp 36/38 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Psychiatric treatment ; Suicide ; Death rate [statistics]. |
| Annotation | Rates of suicide among older people in England and Wales declined between 1985 and 1996. A likely reason is improved detection and treatment of at-risk individuals. Appropriate treatment of mental illness may be of value in reducing the risk of suicide. This article outlines initiatives which may have contributed to the decline in suicide rates in older people, and yet why so few patients discuss suicide at the last consultation. It lists the factors contributing to elderly suicides, and when it would be appropriate to refer older people to psychiatric services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001115202 A |
| Classmark | E: LP: EV: S5 |
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