title: [Transactional model of suicidal behavior in the elderly].
abstract: General theories of suicidology are insufficient to explain the overproportional rate of suicidal behaviour in the elderly. The proposed transactional model represents a bio-psycho-social foundation of suicidal behavior in the elderly. The reciprocal interactions of biological, somatic, psychological and social factors in old age which may enhance suicidal behavior as a mode of problem-solving behavior are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Otto-Selz-Institut für Angewandte Psychologie der Universität Mannheim, Psychologische Ambulanz, 68131 Mannheim, Germany. schaller@osi.uni-mannheim.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011340:Problem Solving; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000092864:Suicide Prevention