Venzlaff U
MMW Munch Med Wochenschr. 1980 May 2;122(18):671-6.
58% of all acts of suicide are committed by persons over the age of 45, even 69% among women. In addition to medical grounds (the risk of suicide is high in depressive diseases in retirement age) the particular sociobiographical situation in the second half of life is responsible for this: changes in family and occupational structure, progressive restriction due to disease, external and internal isolation with consequent fears of being exposed to helplessness, loneliness and death. The anthropological and deep psychological aspects are characterized by inactivity, the change of worries relating to objects to restrictive worries about oneself with mobilization of anxiety, hypochondria, mistrust, resignation and depression.
所有自杀行为中有58%是由45岁以上的人实施的，女性中这一比例甚至高达69%。除了医学原因（退休年龄阶段的抑郁症患者自杀风险很高）之外，人生后半段特殊的社会传记状况也是造成这种情况的原因：家庭和职业结构的变化、因疾病导致的活动逐渐受限、外在与内在的孤立，以及随之而来的对无助、孤独和死亡的恐惧。从人类学和深度心理学角度来看，其特点是缺乏活力，担忧对象从与外界事物相关转变为对自身的限制性担忧，并伴有焦虑、疑病症、不信任、顺从和抑郁情绪。
