Objective: To review the research on the epidemiology, risk and resiliency, assessment,
treatment, and prevention of late-life suicide. Method: I reviewed mortality statistics. I …

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 …

Late life suicide is characterized by less warning, higher lethality, and greater prevalence of
depression and physical illness than suicide earlier in the lifespan. Suicidal older adults are …

Suicide in later life is a major public health concern in the US, where more than 6,000 older
adults take their own lives every year. Suicide prevention in this age group is made …

Suicide in late life is an enormous public health problem that will likely increase in severity
as adults of the baby boom generation age. Data from psychological autopsy studies …

Objective: Late-life suicide is a complex clinical and public health problem. Method: In this
article, some of the key complexities inherent in studying late-life suicide are discussed in …

Suicide rates are higher in later life than in any other age group. The design of effective
suicide prevention strategies hinges on the identification of specific, quantifiable risk factors …

Background Suicide among older adults is a multifactorial problem with several interrelated
factors involved that vary with age, gender and culture. The number of suicides is highest in …

In 2010, almost 6,000 adults over age 65 died by suicide in the United States, and perhaps
200,000 worldwide. Because older adults are the most rapidly growing segment of the …

Suicide is a major public health concern for older adults, who have higher rates of
completed suicide than any other age group in most countries of the world. Older men are at …