Trends in self‐poisoning in the elderly 1974–1983
作者:
James Lindesay,
期刊:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 1
页码: 37-43
ISSN:0885-6230
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/gps.930010107
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
关键词: Suicide;Poisoning;Mortality
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractAlthough the total suicide rate in England and Wales has risen between 1974 and 1983, the proportion due to self ‐ poisoning has fallen, particularly in the younger age groups. While analgesics are now the commonest means of suicidal self ‐ poisoning in both sexes and at all ages, barbiturates still account for a significant proportion of elderly suicides. Tricyclics and benzodiazepines are implicated in a relatively small proportion of suicides in old age. If removal of the means of suicide is an effective preventive strategy in the elderly, then more careful prescribing practices could lead to a lower suicide rate in this age gr
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