Suicide Among the Elderly (IN: The Acting-out Elderly, ed. by M K Aronson et al)

This chapter discusses the many factors which are part of suicide among the elderly. They include: mental illness, physical illness, depression, isolation, & vulnerability. The authors provide a profile of a typical elderly suicidal person, & discuss the low identification rate of suicidal persons by using predictors of suicide. They also describe self destructive behavior among the elderly, & detail research on the effectivness of intervention. (VM)