TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - A biomedical, psycho-social autopsy of elderly suicide: a presentation of a case-controlled study
JO  - Psychiatria Danubina
A1  - Winsloev, JH
A1  - Fleischer, E.
SP  - 156
EP  - 156
VL  - 18
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - In 2001 more than one quarter of suicides in Denmark were committed by the elderly and the suicide-rate for the oldest-old shows an increasing tendency. Well-documented risk-factors are stress-inducing events as well as life-conditions that impair the coping-resources, e.g. weakened health. A risk increasing condition is also depressive states and disorders, in spite of improved antidepressant treatment. Two overall objectives:1) To study the developments of adversity in late life, focusing on coping in relation to available resources; social, psychological and public resources. 2) To study the antidepressant treatment, focusing on choice of treatment, compliance, social support and assessment of treatment-effect. Three groups of +70 years olds will be compared: a) 50 people who have committed suicide, b) 50 people in antidepressant treatment, without a history of suicidal attempts and c) 50 people without a history of psychiatric treatment. Participants will be comparable on sex, age and health. Data will be obtained through semi-structured interviews on life-history and life-events in late life, medical and psychiatric journals, rating of personality (NEO-PI) and blood-samples from participants in a). The presentation will discuss methodological and ethical issues in relation to gerontological suicidology and the present study.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -