title: [Suicide in the elderly – risk factors and prevention].
abstract: Suicide rates are highest among the elderly in Switzerland. The estimated number of unreported cases is particularly high in this age group. The risk factors are multidimensional, including depression and social isolation. The detection and management of the controllable risk factors, foremost depression, is of particular importance for suicide prevention. Old age depression often shows an atypical presentation, is misinterpreted as a normal process of aging and is not adequately treated.
authors.affiliation: 1 Zentrum für Alterspsychiatrie, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linnemann
authors.affiliation: 1 Zentrum für Alterspsychiatrie, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leyhe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention