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dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, D
dc.contributor.authorPadoani, W
dc.contributor.authorScocco, P
dc.contributor.authorLie, D
dc.contributor.authorBille-Brahe, U
dc.contributor.authorArensman, E
dc.contributor.authorHjelmeland, H
dc.contributor.authorCrepet, P
dc.contributor.authorHaring, C
dc.contributor.authorHawton, K
dc.contributor.authorLonnqvist, J
dc.contributor.authorMichel, K
dc.contributor.authorPommereau, X
dc.contributor.authorQuerejeta, I
dc.contributor.authorPhillipe, J
dc.contributor.authorSalander-Renberg, E
dc.contributor.authorSchmidtke, A
dc.contributor.authorFricke, S
dc.contributor.authorWeinacker, B
dc.contributor.authorTamesvary, B
dc.contributor.authorWasserman, D
dc.contributor.authorFaria, S
dc.contributor.editorAlistair Burns
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:33:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.modified2010-09-08T04:57:08Z
dc.identifier.issn0885-6230
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/gps.337
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3518
dc.description.abstractObjective The authors present an analysis of findings for the 65 years and over age group from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour (1989-93). Methods Multinational data on non-fatal suicidal behaviour is derived from 1518 subjects in 16 European centres. Local district data on suicide were available from 10 of the collaborating centres. Results Stockholm (Sweden), Pontoise (France) and Oxford (UK) had the highest suicide attempts rates. In most centres, the majority of elderly who attempted suicide were widow(er)s, often living alone, who used predominantly voluntary drug ingestion. Non-fatal suicidal behaviour decreased with increasing age, whereas suicide rates rose. The ratio between fatal and non-fatal behaviours was 1:2, that for males/females almost 1:1. In the years considered, substantial stability in suicide and attempted suicide rates was observed. As their age increased, suicidal subjects displayed only a limited tendency to repeat self-destructive acts. Moreover, there was little correlation between attempted suicide and suicide rates, which carries different clinical implications for non-fatal suicidal behaviour in the elderly compared with younger subjects in the same WHO/EURO study.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley Europe
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom300
dc.relation.ispartofpageto310
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleAttempted and completed suicide in older subjects: results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre study of suicidal behaviour
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention
gro.date.issued2001
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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