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Suicidal behavior in old age: Special considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

M.D.L.C. Ramirez Dominguez ,
A. Ramirez Dominguez ,
I. Prieto Sánchez  and
C. Gonzalez Macias
A. Ramirez Dominguez
Affiliation:
Complejo Hospitalario de Huelva, Psiquiatria, Huelva, Spain
I. Prieto Sánchez
Affiliation:
Complejo Hospitalario de Huelva, Psiquiatria, Huelva, Spain
C. Gonzalez Macias
Affiliation:
Complejo Hospitalario de Huelva, Psiquiatria, Huelva, Spain

Abstract

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Introduction

Suicide in the elderly is a growing problem in Western society, despite which there are no large studies examining this issue, nor specific protocols to address them.

Objective

To raise awareness of the importance of suicidal behavior in elderly both its prevalence and special features that presents need a different performance plan from other fractions old.

Methods

Comprehensive literature review of all published in the last two years, as well as the specific features.

Conclusion

Suicidal behavior in the elderly has very specific characteristics that we must know in order to develop therapeutic strategies adapted to the present conditions.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV1273
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S604
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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