title: [Suicide in the Elderly].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Suicide is a public health problem worldwide, with multiple features and risk factors. It has some common and unique trends in each phase across the lifespan.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the medical literature related to suicide in the elderly, in order to determine the current status of this problem in the world, and especially in Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is a high volume of articles about suicide in general, even in Colombia, with many papers describing the problem in a comprehensive manner, but there is a need for more studies and publications on the scope of this problem in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Psiquiatra de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Fellow de Psiquiatría de Enlace de la Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Psiquiatría, de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: julyvela@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Juliana María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Velásquez Suarez
keywords: Anciano; Elderly; Intento de suicidio; Suicide; Suicide attempt; Suicidio