Elderly Suicide With and Without a History of Suicidal Behavior: Implications for Suicide Prevention and Management

This study examined the impact of a history of suicidal behavior on suicide among elderly people in Singapore. In this coroner register-based study, characteristics of 409 elderly people who died of suicide in Singapore between 2000 and 2004 were examined. Sixty-five people were classified with a hi...

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Published in:Archives of suicide research 2014-10, Vol.18 (4), p.363-375
Main Authors: Ho, Roger C. M., Ho, Emily C. L., Tai, Bee Choo, Ng, Wai Yee, Chia, Boon Hock
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use
characteristics
Comorbidity
Demography
elderly
Female
Health Services for the Aged
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Male
Management
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health
Older people
Patients
Prevention
Registries
Risk Factors
Self destructive behavior
Singapore
Singapore - epidemiology
Social services
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:This study examined the impact of a history of suicidal behavior on suicide among elderly people in Singapore. In this coroner register-based study, characteristics of 409 elderly people who died of suicide in Singapore between 2000 and 2004 were examined. Sixty-five people were classified with a history of previous suicidal behavior and 344 people without a history of suicidal behavior. Elderly people who died of suicide and had a past history of suicidal behavior were more likely to suffer from major psychiatric disorders (26.2% vs 10.2%, p = 0.001), encounter social problems in life (33.9% vs 21.5%, p = 0.038), have alcohol detected in the blood toxicology report at autopsy (23.1% vs. 12.8%, p = 0.036), receive psychiatric treatment in the past (60% vs. 37.5%, p 
ISSN:1381-1118
1543-6136
DOI:10.1080/13811118.2013.826153