Abstract:
:Although individuals aged 65 and over accounted for 12% of the total population of Japan in 1990, suicides in this age group consisted of 29% of all suicides. The elderly population of Japan is expected to grow rapidly to 24% of the total population by the year 2020, and suicide prevention for the elderly is an urgent mental health problem. Among a total of 1,216 elderly patients who were admitted to the Department of Psychiatry at Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital between April 1980 and March 1990, 50 were hospitalized immediately after suicide attempts in order to study their psychosociomedical problems. Because early diagnosis of depression and initiation of proper treatment are indispensable--even if patients do not show obvious depressive symptoms--those who develop persistent somatization and/or delirium should be considered highly suicidal and given special attention. With the cooperation of mental health professionals, it is necessary to educate general practitioners, the public, and the elderly themselves about characteristics of psychiatric disorders and various problems associated with aging. Further research on other elderly Japanese populations, as well as research that examines suicide completion, is needed to confirm the findings of the present study.
journal_name
Int Psychogeriatrjournal_title
International psychogeriatricsauthors
Takahashi Y,Hirasawa H,Koyama K,Asakawa O,Kido M,Onose H,Udagawa M,Ishikawa Y,Uno Mdoi
10.1017/s1041610295002006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-07-01 00:00:00pages
239-51issue
2eissn
1041-6102issn
1741-203Xjournal_volume
7pub_type
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