Conwell Y
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1997 Sep;20(3):667-83. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70336-1.
Suicidal behavior in older people is more often lethal than in any other age group. Social isolation, losses and physical illness, a past history of suicide attempts, and psychiatric illness are risk factors with implications for prevention of late life suicide. Preliminary indications are that community outreach to elders at risk and educational programs for primary care providers on the identification and treatment of late life depression are effective at lowering suicide rates.
老年人的自杀行为往往比其他任何年龄组的自杀行为更具致命性。社会隔离、丧失亲人及身体疾病、既往自杀未遂史和精神疾病都是与预防老年自杀相关的危险因素。初步迹象表明，对高危老年人开展社区外展服务以及为初级保健提供者提供关于识别和治疗老年抑郁症的教育项目，在降低自杀率方面是有效的。
