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Suicide in the Elderly
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Suicide in the Elderly
Suicide completion by a person age 65 or over
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Dispatchers learned some of the social explanations for suicide, including how it often goes hand-in-hand with domestic violence; some differences between male and female suicides (men are much more likely to use a firearm); and the rates of adolescent and elder suicides.
The front line in suicide prevention; Dispatchers learn what to say, ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Jane Pearson, PhD, associate director for Preventive Interventions at the National Institute of Mental Health, during an educational session on elder suicides.
Heard at 2009 AAHSA annual meeting & exposition, November 8- 11, ... by Long-Term Living
However, nearly 50% of older persons who commit suicide have seen their physician within the past week, (5) so the first line of defense against elder suicide is the primary care physician.
Suicide in the elderly: case discussion by Koenig, Harold G. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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