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dc.contributor.authorScocco, P
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, D
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:16:37Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:16:37Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.modified2010-09-08T04:57:11Z
dc.identifier.issn0885-6230
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/gps.691
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/6569
dc.description.abstractBackground Suicidality is constituted by all those phenomena that are apparently positioned along a continuum, with the two extremes represented by death wishes and completed suicide. Objectives The aim of this paper is to show the one-year prevalence of the phenomena constituting this possible continuum in the elderly population (aged 65 years and over) of a northern Italian city and to evaluate the relationship between some of these phenomena with psychological suffering. Method Emotional feelings and suicidal thoughts have been investigated by an epidemiological survey conducted in a central quarter of that city. Data on attempted and completed suicide derived from the data bank of the Padua's WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention that monitors these phenomena since 1989. Results and Conclusions Results suggest the existence of some continuity in suicidal phenomena, where prevalence decreases from those of emotional/ideational nature to most extreme behaviour. Subjects presenting with more severe suicidal ideation were those also obtaining highest scores in a number of sub-scales of the Brief Symptom Inventory. Copyright 頲002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom842
dc.relation.ispartofpageto846
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleOne-year prevalence of death thoughts, suicide ideation and behaviours in an elderly population
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2002
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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