title: Suicide of the elderly in Singapore.
abstract: This is a study based on data from all Coroners' case-files (Years 1969-1976) and a 'psychological post-mortem' study of all suicides for the year 1974--57 cases comprising of 39 males and 18 females. The trend of aged suicide in Singapore, the demographic data of the aged suicide population, the methods used by the aged suicide and the causative factors associated with suicide in aged are recorded, analysed and discussed. Reactions of the surviving relatives are also described. The unique features particular to the aged suicide in Singapore are noted and explained. Suicide of the aged in Singapore is mainly a study of the aged Chinese suicide.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D009892:Opium; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D012846:Singapore; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D009892:Opium