A fundamental objective of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is the prevention of
suicide in older adults, especially elderly males, because these individuals are at higher risk …

Older adults are among the highest at risk for completing suicide, and they are more likely to
seek mental health services from providers outside of traditional mental health care, but …

Older people have the highest rates of suicide, yet the evidence base on effective suicide
preventions in late-life is limited. This systematic review of reviews aims to synthesize data …

Objectives 1) To compare the 2-year completed suicide and reattempt rates in a
preintervention group of Hong Kong Chinese suicide attempters (aged 65 years and older) …

Objective To determine the influence of individual and area-level characteristics associated
with suicide in older adults. Method This study used two complementary data sources. The …

Although suicide remains an uncommon event among older people in most developed
countries, suicide rates do increase with age, mainly accounted for by the higher incidence …

Impending demographic changes mean that the proportion of the elderly in the population
will increase. Suicide rates increase with age. The literature on elderly suicide, with …

Objectives: Older adults die by suicide at a higher rate than any other age group in nearly
every country globally. Suicide among older adults has been an intractable clinical and …

Background: Suicide rates increase with age in the population aged over 65 years. The aims
of this study were to (i) report the characteristics of older people who died by suicide; and (ii) …

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ELDERLY Assessment and Intervention Donald 1. Templer, PhD Gordon G. Cappelletty, MA …