This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate the psychological factors that protect against suicidality in older age. Open access article - no login required.
Previous research has identified the critical role of primary care for suicide prevention. Although several suicide prevention resources for primary care already exist, it is unclear how many have been created specifically for older veterans. This environmental scan sought to assemble a compendium of suicide prevention resources to be utilized in primary care.
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Self-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 characteristics of self-harm in older adults.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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Free access. Suicide in older adults is a major public health issue. Past research across the US adult population has linked prescription medication misuse with suicidal ideation. No work has evaluated associations between prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse and suicidal ideation in older adults, and this work aimed to address that gap.
Open access. Self-harm is a major risk factor for suicide, with older adults (older than 65 years) having reportedly greater suicidal intent than any other age group. With the aging population rising and paucity of research focus in this age group, the extent of the problem of self-harm needs to be established. In a primary care cohort of older adults we aimed to investigate the incidence of self-harm, subsequent clinical management, prevalence of mental and physical diagnoses, and unnatural-cause mortality risk, including suicide.
Open access. Comment. Self-harm and suicide among older adults is a worldwide population health issue.1 Risk factors for self-harm among older adults have been widely explored, including the influence of mental health conditions, physical illness, and psychosocial factors.1, 2 Self-harm research in older adults has largely focused on describing the incidence and identifying risk factors for self-harm with the use of emergency department presentation, hospital admission, registry, and mortality data. Research examining self-harm among older adults using primary care records is scarce.3
Open access. The purpose of this study was to identify distinctive characteristics of old‐old suicide attempters (75 years and older) from young‐old (60‐74 years old) and middle‐aged suicide attempters (45‐59 years old).
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>This research provides further evidence of the importance of asking carers about their mental health and whether they experience suicidal thoughts.
>Researchers should add to this work by exploring the relationship between suicidal thinking, planning, intent and attempts at suicide for caregivers for people living with dementia.
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This debate article aims to evaluate whether current diagnostic and therapeutic options for suicidal geriatric patients with depression suffice, and which adapted strategies might be helpful. We hope to encourage clinicians to consider special approaches when treating the elderly.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (Apr 5, 2018): No Pagination Specified-
Background: Suicide rates in older men are higher than in the general population, yet their utilization of mental health services is lower. Aims: This study aimed to describe: (a) what primary care providers (PCPs) can do to prevent late-life suicide, and (b) older men's attitudes toward discussing suicide with a PCP.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
While loss of socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to suicidal behavior, it is unclear whether this experience is merely a downstream effect of psychopathology (“downward drift”), a sign of hardship, or an independent psychological contributor to suicide risk. We examined the association between the subjective experience of status loss and suicidal behavior and ideation in old age, while accounting for potential confounders. We were also interested in whether status loss was associated with mere thoughts of suicide vs. suicidal behavior.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Vol. 38, Iss. 6, (2017): 363-366.
Suicide figures are declining globally. Most recent estimates suggest 788,000 deaths in 2015 as representative of the global mortality due to suicide (World Health Organization [WHO], 2017). Despite these changes, older adults continue to represent the segment of population most exposed to the risk of suicide nearly everywhere in the world. The gender paradox in suicide rates (i.e., the difference between sexes that sees a greater prevalence of fatal acts among male individuals) is often explained by the more developed skills in help-seeking behavior of female subjects, and the use of more lethal suicide methods in males (such as the use of firearms and hanging. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.