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Attempted and completed suicide in older subjects: Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour

De Leo, Diego, Padoani, Walter, Scocco, Paolo, Lie, David, Bille‐Brahe, Unni, Arensman, Ella, Hjelmeland, Heidi, Crepet, Paolo +14 more·2001·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
DOI 10.1002/gps.337
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Objective: The authors present an analysis of findings for the 65 years and over age group from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour (1989–93). Methods: Multinational data on non‐fatal suicidal behaviour is derived from 1518 subjects in 16 European centres. Local district data on suicide were available from 10 of the collaborating centres. Results: Stockholm (Sweden), Pontoise (France) and Oxford (UK) had the highest suicide attempts rates. In most centres, the majority of elderly who attempted suicide were widow(er)s, often living alone, who used predominantly voluntary drug ingestion. Non‐fatal suicidal behaviour decreased with increasing age, whereas suicide rates rose. The ratio between fatal and non‐fatal behaviours was 1:2, that for males/females almost 1:1. In the years considered, substantial stability in suicide and attempted suicide rates was observed. As their age increased, suicidal subjects displayed only a limited tendency to repeat self‐destructive acts. Moreover, there was little correlation between attempted suicide and suicide rates, which carries different clinical implications for non‐fatal suicidal behaviour in the elderly compared with younger subjects in the same WHO/EURO study. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
De Leo, D., Padoani, W., Scocco, P., Lie, D., Bille‐Brahe, U., Arensman, E., Hjelmeland, H., Crepet, P., Haring, C., Hawton, K., Lonnqvist, J., Michel, K., Pommereau, X., Querejeta, I., Phillipe, J., Salander‐Renberg, E., Schmidtke, A., Fricke, S., Weinacker, B., Tamesvary, B., Wasserman, D., & Faria, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Griffith University (AU)
  • Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention (DK)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Umeå University (SE)
  • University of Würzburg (DE)
  • University of Szeged (HU)
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Venue
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2001-03
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
300-310
ISSN
  • 0885-6230 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1166
DOI
10.1002/gps.337
OpenAlex
W2158572416
Cited by
233
References
20
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 27 d)
Locations
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
  • STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
Keywords
suicide attempts, suicide mortality, older adults, suicidal behavior, widowhood, living alone, age differences, sex differences, suicide rates, suicide prevention
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Marital Status, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution

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