@article{ref1,
title="Attempted suicide among the aged",
journal="Journal of the American Geriatrics Society",
year="1977",
author="Sendbuehler, J. M. and Goldstein, S.",
volume="25",
number="6",
pages="245-248",
abstract="Although the rate for suicide in old age is high, the rate for attempted (unsuccessful) suicide is low. Among the elderly, suicide-attempt groups have more physical disorders, more psychoses, and more psychopathologic findings, and are under-represented demographically. Fifty percent of the elderly suicide attempters have organic brain syndrome (OBS), compared to only 5-10 percent of the &quot;normal&quot; population over age 60. Among what might be expected to be a high-risk suicide population, OBS apparently interferes with the success of suicide attempts by impairing coordination, planning, determination, and awareness of reality.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-8614",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}