Age and Suicidal Ideation in Older Depressed Inpatients
作者:
Paul Duberstein,
Yeates Conwell,
Larry Seidlitz,
Jeffrey Lyness,
Christopher Cox,
Eric Caine,
期刊:
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 4
页码: 289-296
ISSN:1064-7481
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: Age-Associated Factors;Depression;Suicide
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Age-related patterns of symptom presentation may complicate the recognition of suicide risk. The authors sought to determine whether there is a relationship between age and reported suicidal ideation in depressed suicide attempters (DSAs) and depressed nonattempters (DNs) 50 years of age and over. Regression analyses revealed that increasing age is significantly associated with the absence of suicidal ideation in both DSAs and DNs. Because of their lower rates of depressed mood and suicidal ideation, the depressions of older adults may more readily escape detection. Preventive or treatment measures initiated after the onset of the suicidal state may be insufficient, and other preventive strategies ought to be considered.
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