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dc.contributor.authorScocco, P
dc.contributor.authorMeneghel, G
dc.contributor.authorCaon, F
dc.contributor.authorDello Buono, M
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, D
dc.contributor.editorEugene B Brody
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:33:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:33:44Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.modified2010-09-22T06:55:11Z
dc.identifier.issn0022-3018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3521
dc.description.abstractThe presence of dissatisfaction with life or thoughts of death or suicide has been variously surveyed in adolescent samples and in the general population, but there is a paucity of research on the elderly. The aim of this study was to assess, in an elderly community-dwelling population: a) the prevalence of death and/or suicidal feelings and thoughts and any attempted suicides; and b) factors associated with these experiences. A total of 611 over-65-year-old subjects were interviewed at home. Seventeen percent of the total (F:M = almost 2:1) responded affirmatively to at least one of the questions on suicidality. Elderly people reporting suicidal feelings presented markedly higher levels of physical and psychological distress, such as depression, anxiety, and hostility. Results indirectly confirm that depressive symptomatology is not adequately treated. Greater attention is warranted in psychological evaluation of the elderly to take into account those risk factors that, if identified and managed, could reduce the frequency of suicidal thoughts and, probably, associated actions.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.publisher.urihttp://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/2001/04000/Death_Ideation_and_Its_Correlates__Survey_of_an.2.aspx
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom210
dc.relation.ispartofpageto218
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Nervous and Mental Disease
dc.relation.ispartofvolume189
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleDeath ideation and its correlates: Survey of an over-65-year-old population.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2001
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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