Attempted Suicide in Older Depressed PatientsEffect of Cognitive Functioning
作者:
Ajaya Upadhyaya,
Yeates Conwell,
Paul Duberstein,
Diane Denning,
Christopher Cox,
期刊:
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 4
页码: 317-320
ISSN:1064-7481
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: Depression;Suicide;Dementias
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The authors explored cognitive functioning and suicidal behavior in older depressed patients. Inpatients age 50 years or older (N=103) with major depression, 45 of whom had attempted suicide, were evaluated within 1 week of their hospital admission. Measures of suicidal behavior included suicide attempter status, the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS), ratings of method used (violent/nonviolent), and seriousness of injuries sustained (lethality). The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score measured cognitive impairment; covariates were age, gender, and living arrangement. The MMSE score was not associated with suicide attempter status, but for attempters, MMSE score showed a positive association with SIS score, but not method or lethality. Findings suggest that although cognitive disturbance may be associated with less-deliberate acts among older depressed suicide attempters, it does not appear to influence the potential lethality of their behavior.
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