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Elderly suicide attempters
— characteristics and outcome | | Author(s) | Stęphane Lębret, Estelle Perret-Vaille, Auręlien Mulliez |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 11, November 2006 |
| Pages | pp 1052-1059 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Longitudinal surveys ; France. |
| Annotation | 59 French suicide attempters aged 60+ admitted to hospital between 1993 and 2000 were included in this descriptive study. Their outcome was assessed by questioning their attending physicians over the telephone. 51 of the 59 patients were traced, and 8 were lost at follow-up. Statistical analyses were computed to determine which factors altered the overall survival and the survival without further attempt. Older suicide attempters showed an increased mortality from suicide and natural causes and the risk of a repeat attempt increased in female patients with memory disorders. The factors altering survival were advanced age, pre-existing physical disability, several co-existing physical illnesses, severe physical consequences of the suicide attempt, history of psychiatric illness other than depression, memory disorders, and one previous suicide attempt. The older suicide attempter was more likely to be a widowed woman suffering from social isolation, loneliness and depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061213209 A |
| Classmark | EV: 3J: 765 |
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