ReviewFrontiers in psychology2018
Psychosocial Suicide Prevention Interventions in the Elderly: A Mini-Review of the Literature.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Suicidal behaviors and ideation during emerging viral disease outbreaks before the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic rapid review.Preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Global prevalence of suicide attempts in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the shortened version of the RFL-OA scale (SRFL-OA).BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Attempted suicide short intervention program for older adults 65+ (ASSIP-OA): a study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Brief psychological intervention for suicide prevention based on problem-solving applied in different formats to people over 50 years old: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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- PROTOCOL: Non-pharmacological interventions for older people with a diagnosis of depression: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Pandemics and Suicide Risk: Lessons From COVID and Its Predecessors.The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 2022Review
- Self-inflicted injury and the older trauma patient: a 20 year review of suicide attempts and outcomes.European geriatric medicine · 2022Review
- Development of a Suicide Prediction Model for the Elderly Using Health Screening Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Understanding Vulnerability to Late-Life Suicide.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Optimal doses of antidepressants in dependence on age: Combined covariate actions in Bayesian network meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
In Europe the elderly population is projected to increase from 18.5% (93.9 million) in 2014 to 28.7% (149.1 million) by 2080. In the United States it is estimated that by 2030 more than 20% of the population will be aged 65 years or over. This specific population is at high risk of unrecognized or untreated psychiatric illnesses and suicide. It is well known that completed suicide rate increases with age in both men and women. Although elderly people attempt suicide less often than other age groups, they show a higher completion rate. Generally, the methods chosen by elderly are more lethal, the intent is more serious, they are more determined, and they show fewer warning signs than the younger population. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial intervention, following self-harm in adults, found that cognitive behavioral therapy was the most effective therapy in these patients. Unfortunately, there have been few reported trials of other potentially effective interventions. Because the scientific literature on psychosocial suicide prevention interventions in the elderly is still scant, we conducted a mini-review in order to take stock of the situation. Studies were identified through electronic searches of the Cochrane library, MEDLINE, Scopus and the Web of Science databases. PRISMA guidelines were followed and only seven articles met the inclusion criteria. No firm conclusions can be drawn about this topic because there is still very little data and studies use inconsistent outcome measures and designs. Nonetheless, the existing data suggests that psychosocial interventions are promising.
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