ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2021
Late-Onset Suicide: A Dementia Prodrome?
Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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- Age matters: a narrative review and machine learning analysis on shared and separate multidimensional risk domains for early and late onset suicidal behavior.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- How to Prevent Suicide in Older Patients with a Neurocognitive Disorder: A Scoping Review Leading to the Development of a Clinical Guide for Healthcare Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Personality Profiles of Older Suicide Attempters: Cross-Sectional And Prospective Differences From Depressed Nonattempter And Nonpsychiatric Comparisons.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Brain Volume Reductions and Relationship With Depression and Cognitive Functioning in Suicide in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study Using Bayesian Multilevel Modeling.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- The Association Between Major Depression and Alzheimer's Disease Risk: Evidence from a 12-Year Longitudinal Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2024Article
- Amyloid deposition and its association with depressive symptoms and cognitive functions in late-life depression: a longitudinal study using amyloid-β PET images and neuropsychological measurements.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2024Article
- [Suicide prevention in old age : Importance of depressive disorders and implications for the discussion on assisted suicide].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2024Article
- Is Late-Onset Suicidal Behavior a Distinct Subtype?The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Review
- Childhood trauma is associated with early-onset but not late-onset suicidal behavior in late-life depression.International psychogeriatrics · 2024Article
- Long-Term Suicidal Ideation Profiles in Late-Life Depression and Their Association With Suicide Attempt or Death by Suicide.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2023Article
- Physical Health Problems as a Suicide Precipitant: Associations With Other Risk Factors and Suicide Methods in Three Age Groups of Older Decedents.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Passive and active suicidal ideation in a population-based sample of older adults: Associations with polygenic risk scores of relevance for suicidal behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- How Residing in a Long-Term Care Facility Affects Suicidal Risk in Patients With Dementia: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- The Role of Perceived and Objective Social Connectedness on Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior in Late-Life and Their Moderating Effect on Cognitive Deficits.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2022Article
- Intent disclosure in late-life suicide: Age group differences in correlates and associations with suicide means.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Delay discounting in suicidal behavior: Myopic preference or inconsistent valuation?Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2022Article
- Age effects on clinical and neurocognitive risk factors for suicide attempt in depression - Findings from the AFSP lifespan study.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- Improving Social Connections to Reduce Suicide Risk: A Promising Intervention Target?The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2021Article
- Mental Disorders, Cognitive Impairment and the Risk of Suicide in Older Adults.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examined whether late-onset (versus early-onset) suicidal behavior is associated with worse cognition.
methodsParticipants included 278 adults aged 50+ years (56 nonpsychiatric comparison group; 67 nonsuicidal depressed older adults; 63 depressed suicide ideators; and 44 late-onset (55+ years) and 48 early-onset suicide attempters (<55 years). Using a case-control design, this study examined group differences in global cognition, episodic memory, information processing speed, and executive functioning, assessed using the Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Status and the Trail Making Test from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System. Linear regression was used for data analyses.
resultsBoth attempter groups displayed worse executive functioning than nonsuicidal depressed older adults. Late-onset attempters additionally displayed poorer global cognition and processing speed than nonsuicidal depressed older adults and poorer memory than early-onset attempters.
conclusionsLate-onset suicidal behavior is associated with worse performance in a broad range of cognitive domains, possibly reflective of a dementia prodrome.
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