Background. The psychological autopsy method offers the most direct technique currently
available for examining the relationship between particular antecedents and suicide. This …

AIMS: Tuberculosis and mental illness share common risk factors including homelessness,
HIV positive serology, alcohol/substance abuse and migrant status leading to frequent …

This paper reviews research based on the psychological autopsy (PA) method applied to the
study of suicide. It evidences the presence of a number of methodological problems …

Background Only a few small studies have explored the association between various
physical illnesses and suicide in the elderly and they have produced inconsistent results …

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 …

Cultural concepts of gender and suicidal behavior are revealed in language and theory.
They organize the way stories of suicidal behaviors are narrated, determine which events …

Background Suicide rates generally peak in the second half of life and are particularly high
in older men; however, little is known about the contribution of dispositional factors to late …

Objectives While suicidal behavior often manifests in adolescence and early adulthood,
some people first attempt suicide in late life, often with remarkable lethal intent and …

Globally, older adults have higher suicide rates than other age-groups. However, it is
predominantly men who die of suicide in late adulthood, with variability by culture. In the …

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 …