Life problems and physical illness as risk factors for suicide in older people: a descriptive and case-control study.

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BACKGROUND: The role of physical illness and life problems in contributing to suicide in older people is potentially important with regard to suicide prevention. METHOD: The aim of the study was to determine the life problems other than psychiatric illness contributing to suicide in older people. Semi-structured psychological autopsy interviews, covering life problems and physical illness prior to death, were conducted with informants for 100 people aged 60 years old and over who died throug...

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Authors: Harwood, D; Hawton, K; Hope, T; Harriss, L; Jacoby, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Psychological medicine
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1265-1274
• Publication date: 2006-09-01
• DOI: 10.1017/s0033291706007872
• EISSN: 1469-8978
• ISSN: 0033-2917
• Language: English
• Keywords: Case-Control Studies; Dyspnea; Interpersonal Relations; Aged; Female; Suicide; Aged, 80 and over; Interviews as Topic; Middle Aged; Health Status; Male; Bereavement; Humans; Life Change Events; Pain; Risk Factors