TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - A study of elderly suicide attempters admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit
JO  - American journal of geriatric psychiatry
A1  - Rifai, A. Hind
A1  - Mulsant, Benoit H.
A1  - Sweet, Robert A.
A1  - Pasternak, Rona E.
A1  - Rosen, Jules
A1  - Zubenko, George S.
SP  - 126
EP  - 135
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - The authors distinguish demographic and clinical characteristics of elderly suicide attempters admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit within 4 weeks of a suicide attempt. Of 560 patients admitted, 28 (5%) were recent attempters, 32 (6%) had a past history of suicide attempt, and 500 (89%) were nonattempters. Of the 28 recent attempters, 21 (75%) were diagnosed with a mood disorder, 4 (14%) with an organic mental disorder, and 3 (11%) with other mental disorders. Among the nonattempters, the distribution among the three diagnostic categories was 188 (38%), 251 (50%), and 61 (12%), respectively. Of 166 patients with a diagnosis of major depression, 18 (11%) were recent attempters, 14 (8%) were past attempters, and 134 (71%) were nonattempters. Recent attempts were significantly associated with alcohol abuse. This study confirms earlier reports of high rates of major depression in elderly attempters.<br><br>Copyright © 1993 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1064-7481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199300120-00005
ID  - ref1
ER  -