Is suicide prediction in old age really easier?

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ColumnsIs Suicide Prediction in Old Age Really Easier?— Fourth Column in a Series —Diego De LeoDiego De LeoSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:January 01, 1998https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.19.2.60PDFView Full Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit SectionsMore References De, Leo DI comportamenti suicidari negli anziani: fattori demografici, psicosociali, malattie croniche (Suicidal behavior in old age: demographic and psychosocial factors, chronic diseases). Geriatria, (1997). 9, 277–290 Google ScholarDe Leo, D, Carollo, GRelationship between suicide and undetermined causes of death among the elderly: analysis of Italian data from 1951 to 1988. Omega, Journal of Death and Dying, (1996). 33, 215–231 Crossref, Google ScholarDe Leo, D, Carollo, G, Dello Buono, MLower suicide rates associated with a tele-help/tele-check service for the elderly at home. American Journal of Psychiatry, (1995). 152, 632–634 Crossref Medline, Google ScholarDe Leo, D, Diekstra, RFWDepression and suicide in late life. Toronto/Bern: Hogrefe & Huber (1990). Google ScholarDe Leo, D, Scocco, P, Marietta, P, et al., Parasuicide in the elderly: Results from the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study, 1989-1993. Submitted for publication Google ScholarDe Leo, D, Scocco, P, Marietta, P, et al., Mood disorders and parasuicide. Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, in press Google ScholarDiekstra, RFWThe epidemiology of suicide and parasuicide. In RFW Diekstra, W. Gulbinat, I. Kienhorst et al. (Eds.) Preventive strategies on suicide. Leiden/New York/Köln: EJ Brill (1995). Google ScholarGulbinat, WThe epidemiology of suicide in old age. In RFW Diekstra, W. Gulbinat, I. Kienhorst et al. (Eds.) Preventive strategies on suicide. Leiden/New York/Köln: EJ Brill (1995). Google ScholarScocco, P, Dello Buono, M, Urciuoli, O, et al., Suicidal feelings in a sample of cognitively unimpaired over-sixty-five-year-olds interviewed at home. Presented at the XIX Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Adelaide, March 23-27 (1997). Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited bySuicide among older people in relation to their subjective and objective well-being in different European regions23 October 2013 | European Journal of Ageing, Vol. 11, No. 2Suicide and euthanasia in late life25 July 2013 | Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Vol. 15, No. 2One-year prevalence of death thoughts, suicide ideation and behaviours in an elderly population1 January 2002 | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. 17, No. 9Cultural Issues in Suicide and Old AgeDiego De Leo1 April 1999 | Crisis, Vol. 20, No. 2 Volume 19Issue 2March 1998ISSN: 0227-5910eISSN: 2151-2396 Published onlineJanuary 1998 InformationCrisis (1998), 19, pp. 60-61 https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.19.2.60.© 1998Hogrefe & Huber PublishersPDF download