Malphurs J E, Eisdorfer C, Cohen D
Department of Aging and Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2001 Winter;9(1):49-57.
The authors compared characteristics of 27 older men who perpetrated a spousal homicide-suicide and 36 age-matched married men who committed suicide in west central Florida between 1988 and 1994. Data were collected as part of an ongoing retrospective study of homicide and suicide among older adults in Florida. Men who committed suicide had significantly more disease conditions than homicide-suicide perpetrators (P<0.0001). Half of the latter were in caregiving roles, vs. 17% of the suicides (chi(2)=5.40; P=0.027). Depression was a prominent premorbid feature of both groups, but none of the perpetrators tested positive for antidepressants postmortem.
作者比较了1988年至1994年间在佛罗里达州中西部实施配偶他杀-自杀的27名老年男性和36名年龄匹配的已婚自杀男性的特征。这些数据是作为佛罗里达州老年人杀人与自杀的一项正在进行的回顾性研究的一部分收集的。自杀男性的疾病状况明显多于他杀-自杀者（P<0.0001）。后者中有一半担任照顾者角色，而自杀者中这一比例为17%（χ²=5.40；P=0.027）。抑郁是两组共有的突出病前特征，但所有实施者死后抗抑郁药检测均为阴性。
