title: [Suicide in the elderly (author's transl)].
abstract: The frequency of suicide increases with age. In addition to loneliness and isolation, many old people have to contend with diseases which affect their whole physical and often also their mental being. Every doctor can find numerous opportunities here for effective prophylaxis of suicide.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D012934:Social Isolation; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
vernacular_title: Suizidhandlungen alter Menschen