title: Research to reduce the suicide rate among older adults: methodology roadblocks and promising paradigms.
abstract: The National Institute of Mental Health and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention have requested input into the development of a national suicide research agenda. In response, a working group of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry has prepared recommendations to ensure that the suicide prevention dialogue includes older adults, a large and fast-growing population at high risk of suicide. In this Open Forum, the working group describes three methodology roadblocks to research into suicide prevention among elderly persons and three paradigms that might provide directions for future research into suicide prevention strategies for older adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. szantok@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szanto
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lenze
authors.forename: Margda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waern
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Duberstein
authors.forename: Martha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Epstein-Lubow
authors.forename: Yeates
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Conwell
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D000092864:Suicide Prevention