A Comparison of Antecedents of Homicide–Suicide and Suicide in Older Married Men

The authors compared characteristics of 27 older men who perpetrated a spousal homicide–suicide and 36 age-matched married men who committed suicide in west central Florida between 1988 and 1994. Data were collected as part of an ongoing retrospective study of homicide and suicide among older adults...

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Published in:The American journal of geriatric psychiatry 2001, Vol.9 (1), p.49-57
Main Authors: Malphurs, Julie E., Eisdorfer, Carl, Cohen, Donna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers - psychology
Depression - psychology
Florida
Health Status
Homicide - psychology
Homicide - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Marriage - psychology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Spouses - psychology
Suicide - psychology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:The authors compared characteristics of 27 older men who perpetrated a spousal homicide–suicide and 36 age-matched married men who committed suicide in west central Florida between 1988 and 1994. Data were collected as part of an ongoing retrospective study of homicide and suicide among older adults in Florida. Men who committed suicide had significantly more disease conditions than homicide–suicide perpetrators (P
ISSN:1064-7481
1545-7214
DOI:10.1097/00019442-200102000-00008