TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Attempted suicide in older depressed patients: effect of cognitive functioning
JO  - American journal of geriatric psychiatry
A1  - Upadhyaya, A. K.
A1  - Conwell, Yeates
A1  - Duberstein, P. R.
A1  - Denning, D.
A1  - Cox, C.
SP  - 317
EP  - 320
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
N2  - The authors explored cognitive functioning and suicidal behavior in older depressed patients. Inpatients age 50 years or older (N=103) with major depression, 45 of whom had attempted suicide, were evaluated within 1 week of their hospital admission. Measures of suicidal behavior included suicide attempter status, the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS), ratings of method used (violent/nonviolent), and seriousness of injuries sustained (lethality). The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score measured cognitive impairment; covariates were age, gender, and living arrangement. The MMSE score was not associated with suicide attempter status, but for attempters, MMSE score showed a positive association with SIS score, but not method or lethality. Findings suggest that although cognitive disturbance may be associated with less-deliberate acts among older depressed suicide attempters, it does not appear to influence the potential lethality of their behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1064-7481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199911000-00007
ID  - ref1
ER  -