Citation

Lugo-Morales Y, Rodríguez-Gómez JR. Bol. Asoc. Med. P. R. 1997; 89(10-12): 167-173.

Vernacular Title

Estudio piloto sobre la ideacion suicida en ancianos puertorriquenos en un

Affiliation

Centro Caribeño de Estudios Postgraduados, Estación Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9577050

Abstract

This is one of the first descriptive-explorative studies done about suicidal thoughts in aging patients (age mean 60.7) within a mental health hospital in Puerto Rico. The purpose of this study was to identify common characteristics found in elderly patients that present suicidal thought and were hospitalized from January to June. The major finding indicates a great prevalence rate in men who were divorced, catholic, with a diagnosis on the axis I of the DSM IV and who had a previous history of such thoughts. In order to obtain a more comprehensive profile of the elderly patient with suicidal thoughts we suggest more research concerning this issue. Such investigations could be used in the prevention of elderly suicide.

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