ISSN:
1468-2850
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Psychology
Notes:
Suicide among older adults represents one of the most salient and intractable problems in geriatric mental health. As indicated by Heisel and Duberstein (this issue), despite advances in conceptual models of late-life suicide, risk-factor assessment, and intervention strategies targeting at-risk elderly, prevalence rates of elder suicide remain high. Although partly explained by conceptual, methodological, and systemic barriers that hinder research, these persisting high rates may also be attributable to practice models that, until recently, did not adequately recognize elder suicide as a public health problem calling for an interdisciplinary solution. Greater attention to targeted assessment and intervention for select subgroups, to public health and policy issues, and to implementation of interdisciplinary practice models may assist suicide prevention efforts.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clipsy.bpi037
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