Covid-19: The implications for suicide in older adults.
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Zhong, BL
Chiu, HFK
Draper, B
De Leo, D
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Whether the COVID-19 pandemic influences suicide rates in older adults is not yet known. However, the pandemic is likely to result in a confluence of the risk factors for suicidal behaviours (Reger et al., 2020) informing approaches to prevention. In this paper we examine the links between suicide in older people and the COVID-19 pandemic, provide the perspectives of psychiatrists from four regions (China, Hong Kong, Italy and Australia) facing different challenges and sociocultural contexts, and propose solutions to support older people.
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International Psychogeriatrics
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© 2020 International Psychogeriatric Association. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Wand, APF; Zhong, B-L; Chiu, HFK; Draper, B; De Leo, D, Covid-19: The implications for suicide in older adults., International Psychogeriatrics, 2020, pp. 1-16