Book contents
- Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Suicide Prevention Overview
- Section 2 Clinical Risk Assessment and Care
- Section 3 Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations
- 11 Medicolegal Risk Management
- 12 The Role of Culture and Societal Factors
- 13 Youth and Adolescents
- 14 Military and Veterans
- 15 Older Adults
- 16 LGBTQ Populations
- 17 Suicide Loss Survivors
- Appendix Resource List
- Index
- References
15 - Older Adults
from Section 3 - Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2021
- Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Suicide Prevention Overview
- Section 2 Clinical Risk Assessment and Care
- Section 3 Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations
- 11 Medicolegal Risk Management
- 12 The Role of Culture and Societal Factors
- 13 Youth and Adolescents
- 14 Military and Veterans
- 15 Older Adults
- 16 LGBTQ Populations
- 17 Suicide Loss Survivors
- Appendix Resource List
- Index
- References
Summary
Although suicide in other demographic groups may receive more public attention, suicide among older adults has long been an intense target of concern for suicide prevention. In fact, in most populations and regions of the world, suicide rates are highest in older or middle age adults. Older adult suicide is also an area where the suicide prevention field has learned a lot about successful prevention programs that utilize a combination of clinical and social/community programs.
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- Suicide PreventionStahl's Handbooks, pp. 245 - 253Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021