Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare condition in the United Kingdom. Comprehensive
supportive intensive care of extra-hepatic organ failure and the early recognition of and use …

Purpose This paper will review literature examining the association of benzodiazepine use
and mortality. Methods An extensive literature review was undertaken to locate all English …

Background: Suicide rates generally increase with age. With the emergence of studies from
several countries without an increase in suicides rates with aging, a cross-national study …

Objectives Suicide in later life is a public health concern. Given the need for practical
guidance and policy implementation, this paper aims to provide a critical interpretive …

Background and aims: self-poisoning accounts for a substantial proportion of acute medical
hospital presentations, but has been poorly characterised in older adults. This study sought …

Suicide is accepted as a major health problem worldwide, especially in the young and
middle aged. It is, however, a significant health problem in older people as well, and those …

Background There is a lack of international research on suicide by drug overdose as a
preventable suicide method. Sex-and age-specific rates of suicide by drug self-poisoning …

Objective: Drug poisoning deaths among women remain a challenge for public health policy
and have increased at a higher rate relative to men. Although biological, social, and …

Background: Socioeconomic status may influence cross-national variations in elderly
suicide rates. Methods: The relationship between suicide rates in both sexes in the age …

Suicide rates generally increase with age. Examination of cross-national variations in elderly
suicide rates may allow the generation of aetiological hypotheses. Suicide rates for males …