Suicide Over the Life Cycle- Risk Factors & Life-Span Development (IN: Suicide Over the Life Cycle, ed. S J Blumenthal and D J Kupfer)

This article is the introductory chapter to a book about suicide over the life-span. This chapter discusses the increase of suicide rates with age, risk indicators, & the protective factors of social support systems. Risk factors discussed include psychiatric disorders, psychosocial events, personality traits, family history & genetics, & biologial factors. (VM)