TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Suicide and the elderly
JO  - International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice
A1  - Shah, A.
A1  - De, T.
SP  - 3
EP  - 17
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - Impending demographic changes mean that the proportion of the elderly in the population will increase. Suicide rates increase with age. The literature on elderly suicide, with emphasis on methodology, cross-national rates and trends, correlates, cultural factors, location and method, attempted suicides and prevention, is critically reviewed in this paper.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1365-1501
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13651509809115108
ID  - ref1
ER  -