Citation

Pearson JL, Caine ED, Lindesay J, Conwell Y, Clark DC. Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 1999; 7(3): 203-210.

Affiliation

National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9635, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10438690

Abstract

Later-life suicide is a tragedy that occurs worldwide. Often it is preventable. Here, the authors summarize an international workshop where they review four research approaches to studying putative risk factors: epidemiologic studies of suicidal behaviors, clinic-based follow-up studies, studies of suicide attempters, and psychological autopsy studies. They provide brief descriptions of the approaches, examples of questions best addressed by each approach, and their weaknesses and limitations; they also recommend promising areas for future research and propose opportunities for research that could be conducted cross-nationally.

Language: en