TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Attempted suicide in late life - Review of results of Pecs centre in WHO/EURO multicenter study of suicidal behaviour
JO  - Psychiatria Danubina
A1  - Osváth, P.
A1  - Fekete, S.
A1  - Vörös, V.
SP  - 3
EP  - 8
VL  - 14
IS  - 1-2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the characteristics of old age suicide attempters (65 years and over) with special regard to organic and depressive disorders as well as sociodemographic factors. <br><br>SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Within the framework of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour data of 1158 suicide attempts were collected and comparing old age group (N=78) to younger suicide attempters (N=1080). <br><br>RESULTS: In the sample the old age attempters were characterised by a much higher rate of female attempters, hard methods (especially among old male), lower rate of repeaters, and higher proportion of depressive and organic disorders. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Authors pointed out, that the recognition and treatment of depression plays a very important role in suicide prevention in the elderly population, and adequate emotional and psychosocial support by family and health care systems seems to be essential.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -