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Gender in elderly suicide
— analysis of coroners inquests of 200 cases of elderly suicide in Cheshire 1989-2001 | | Author(s) | Emad Salib, Laura Green |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 12, December 2003 |
| Pages | pp 1082-1087 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Coroners inquests ; Cheshire. |
| Annotation | Gender has been reported in previous studies as a major risk factor in suicide, and in relation to specific social aspects of the suicidal process and health care contact before death. In this study, the authors used data from the records of coroners' inquests into all reported suicides of people aged 60+ in Cheshire from 1989 to 2001. Men were less likely to have been known to psychiatric services, and had less frequently reported history of previous attempted suicide compared to women. All deceased from ethnic minorities were men, none of whom were known to psychiatric services. There was no significant difference between women and men in relation to physical or psychiatric morbidity, GP contact prior to suicide, information of intent, or living alone. Of suicide victims not known to services, a surprisingly high proportion of 38% of the men and 16% of the women were found to have psychiatric morbidity. As most contacts with the health service in older suicides seem to be with general practitioners (GPs), primary care professionals have an important role to play in reducing suicide in people aged 60+. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040301207 A |
| Classmark | EV: JVM: 8CH |
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