@article{ref1,
title="Suicide risk and geriatric specificities: Current situation in a gerontopsychiatry unit",
journal="NPG Neurologie - Psychiatrie - Geriatrie",
year="2012",
author="Guenegou, A.-l. and Behar, F. and Abdallah, F. and Mobarak, W. and Veysseyre, O. and Ballanger, E.",
volume="12",
number="72",
pages="283-287",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Assessment in clinical practice of suicide risk by calculating its prevalence and searching for vulnerabilities factors. <br><br>METHODS: This is a retrospective study on patients admitted over a period of 6. months in a geriatric unit for psychiatric disease. The mention of suicide risk in the psychiatric interview input was searched for, together with the presence of classically described vulnerability factors. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of suicidal ideation on admission to our unit is of 8.2% (eight of 97 patients admitted). Our entire cohort is at risk for suicide, given the frequency of vulnerability factors. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Routine screening for suicidal ideation through interrogation is the most sensitive method of screening in our unit. More precise tools for the assessment of suicide risk should be developed. © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="1627-4830",
doi="10.1016/j.npg.2012.07.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.npg.2012.07.009"
}