@article{ref1,
title="The rising tide of elderly African-American suicides: a call for action",
journal="Journal of the National Medical Association",
year="2021",
author="Price, James H. and Khubchandani, Jagdish and Price, Joy A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Suicides are among the leading causes of death in elderly Americans. The problem is expected to grow with an aging population in the U.S. Suicides in African-American elderly are not well studied. This article enumerates the risk factors for suicidal behaviors in elderly African-Americans; presents an epidemiological assessment of suicides in elderly African-Americans from 2010 to 2018 with gender-specific differences, and explores public health considerations for helping to reduce the growing numbers of suicides in elderly African-Americans. Currently, there are very limited evidence-based interventions to reduce or prevent suicides in older African-Americans. This article also provides implications and recommendations for prevention practice and research that is needed to help alleviate suicides in older African-Americans.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1943-4693",
doi="10.1016/j.jnma.2021.03.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2021.03.009"
}