Psychiatry of Old Age.
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 1998;2(1):3-17. doi: 10.3109/13651509809115108.
Impending demographic changes mean that the proportion of the elderly in the population will increase. Suicide rates increase with age. The literature on elderly suicide, with emphasis on methodology, cross-national rates and trends, correlates, cultural factors, location and method, attempted suicides and prevention, is critically reviewed in this paper.
人口结构的变化意味着老年人口在总人口中的比例将会增加。自杀率随着年龄的增长而增加。本文对老年人自杀的文献进行了批判性回顾，重点是方法、跨国自杀率和趋势、相关性、文化因素、地点和方法、未遂自杀和预防。
