Citation

Clark DC. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1993; 23(1): 21-26.

Affiliation

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8203004

Abstract

After reviewing some of the dangers inherent in oversimplifying the nature of suicide for public education purposes, a model (the "wedding-cake model") of elderly suicide is outlined. This model is derived from a community-based psychological autopsy study. It is hypothesized that elderly persons who die by suicide have a lifelong character fault that remains invisible until aging life-changes force the issue into the open.