Phenomenology of Adolescent and Adult Mania in Hospitalized Patients With Bipolar Disorder

Medical experts believe that elderly persons have more suicidal thoughts than younger generations which is why suicide rates are high for this age group. A study taken in Gothenburg, Sweden was done involving 85 year-old men and women where a psychiatrist conducted interviews with the participants to determine if there was a correlation between age, suicidal thoughts, mental disorders, etc. Suicidal feelings were more common in persons with mental disorders than those without.