TO LIVE OR DIE: A LOOK AT ELDERLY SUICIDE
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Gerontology
- Vol. 19 (8) , 767-778
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0360127930190807
Abstract
The elderly are at higher risk for suicide than any other age group. Characteristics of this high‐risk population are examined, along with a number of factors that appear to be related to suicide among older persons. Strategies for intervention and lowering the suicide rate are discussed.Keywords
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