Suicidal feelings in the last year of life in elderly people who commit suicide

Authors
Waern, M Beskow, J Runeson, B Skoog, I
Citation
M. Waern et al., Suicidal feelings in the last year of life in elderly people who commit suicide, LANCET, 354(9182), 1999, pp. 917-918
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9182
Year of publication
1999
Pages
917 - 918
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990911)354:9182<917:SFITLY>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We examined suicidal feelings noted by doctors and by relatives of 85 elder ly (greater than or equal to 65 years) people who died by suicide. When dep ression is suspected in an elderly patient, suicidal feelings should be ass essed even during follow-up treatment.