TO LIVE OR DIE - A LOOK AT ELDERLY SUICIDE

Authors
GLASS JC REED SE
Citation
Jc. Glass et Se. Reed, TO LIVE OR DIE - A LOOK AT ELDERLY SUICIDE, Educational gerontology, 19(8), 1993, pp. 767-778
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Educational gerontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03601277
Volume
19
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
767 - 778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-1277(1993)19:8<767:TLOD-A>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The elderly are at higher risk for suicide than any other age group. C haracteristics of this high-risk population are examined, along with a number of factors that appear to be related to suicide among older pe rsons. Strategies for intervention and lowering the suicide rate are d iscussed.