Suicidal behaviour in older age: A systematic review of risk factors associated to suicide attempts and completed suicides

M Beghi, E Butera, CG Cerri, CM Cornaggia… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In older age, several observational studies investigated risk factors for suicide
attempts/completed suicides; however, contrasting evidence came from population-based …

A systematic review of physical illness, functional disability, and suicidal behaviour among older adults

MM Fässberg, G Cheung, SS Canetto… - Aging & mental …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of studies that examined associations between
physical illness/functional disability and suicidal behaviour (including ideation, nonfatal and …

Life events and suicidal ideation and behavior: A systematic review

RT Liu, I Miller - Clinical psychology review, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite the sustained theoretical and empirical interest over the past 40 years in the
association between life events and suicidal ideation and behavior, the literature in this area …

A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood

MM Fässberg, KA Van Orden, P Duberstein… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Suicide in later life is a global public health problem. The aim of this review was to conduct a
systematic analysis of studies with comparison groups that examined the associations …

Attributable risk of psychiatric and socio-economic factors for suicide from individual-level, population-based studies: a systematic review

Z Li, A Page, G Martin, R Taylor - Social science & medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
The overall importance of a risk factor for suicide in a population is determined not only by
the relative risk (RR) of suicide but also the prevalence of the risk factor in the population …

Self-harm in older adults: systematic review

MI Troya, O Babatunde, K Polidano… - The British Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundSelf-harm is a major public health concern. Increasing ageing populations and
high risk of suicide in later life highlight the importance of identification of the particular …

Religion and completed suicide: A meta-analysis

A Wu, JY Wang, CX Jia - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Suicide is a major public health concern and a leading cause of death around
the world. How religion influences the risk of completed suicide in different settings across …

Suicidal behavior in elders

Y Conwell, C Thompson - Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

A meta-analytic review on social relationships and suicidal ideation among older adults

Q Chang, CH Chan, PSF Yip - Social science & medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Social relationships play an important role in mental health as well as suicidal ideation in
later life. In contrast with the other well-established risk factors, despite an increasing …

Validation of an abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale (“LSNS-6”) and its associations with suicidality among older adults in China

Q Chang, F Sha, CH Chan, PSF Yip - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective This present study aims to estimate the structural validity, internal consistency
reliability of the LSNS-6 and examine the associations between the LSNS-6 and suicidal …