Loneliness and abuse as risk factors for suicide in older adults: new developments and the contribution of the WPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry

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de Mendonca Lima, Carlos Augusto
De Leo, Diego
Ivbijaro, Gabriel
Svab, Igor
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De Leo, Diego
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2021
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Suicide is a major public health problem, with 817,000 cases worldwide in 2016. The incidence is highest in those aged 70 years or older, among both men and women, in almost all regions of the world1.

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World Psychiatry

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20

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3

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10.1002/wps.20899
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Clinical sciences

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Psychology

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Psychiatry

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de Mendonca Lima, CA; De Leo, D; Ivbijaro, G; Svab, I, Loneliness and abuse as risk factors for suicide in older adults: new developments and the contribution of the WPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry, World Psychiatry, 2021, 20 (3), pp. 455-456

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