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Psychiatric disorder and personality factors associated with suicide in older people: a descriptive and case-control study
- Authors:
- HARWOOD Daniel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(2), February 2001, pp.155-165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a study to determine the rates of psychiatric disorder and personality variables in a sample of older people who had committed suicide and to compare the rates in a subgroup of this sample with those in a control group of people who died from natural causes. The sample covered four counties and one large urban area in central England. Results found seventy-seven per cent of the suicide sample had a psychiatric disorder at the time of death, most often depression. Personality disorder or personality trait accentuation was present in 44 percent. Depression, personality disorder, and personality trait accentuation emerged as predictors of suicide in the case-control analysis. Concludes that personality factors, as well as depression, are important risk factors for suicide in older people.