Citation

Kiosses DN, Szanto K, Alexopoulos GS. Curr. Psychiatry Rep. 2014; 16(11): 495.

Affiliation

Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21 Blomingdale Rd, White Plains, NY, 10605, USA, dkiosses@med.cornell.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11920-014-0495-3

PMID

25226883

Abstract

Suicide in older adults is a significant clinical concern. In this review of recent findings, we concentrate on the role of emotions and cognition in suicide risk and behavior in older adults. We discuss the epidemiology of suicide in older adults, integrate recent findings on non-psychotic major depression, schizophrenia and suicidal ideation, explore the relationship of emotion regulation with suicide, present recent advances on suicide in demented patients, and describe the latest developments on cognition and decision processes in suicide.

Language: en