TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - Attempted suicide among the aged
JO  - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A1  - Sendbuehler, J. M.
A1  - Goldstein, S.
SP  - 245
EP  - 248
VL  - 25
IS  - 6
N2  - 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 "normal" 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8614
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -