Elderly Suicide and Suicide Prevention

Shah, Ajit; Zarate-Escudero, Sofia

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“…In the last few years, the problem of suicide among older people has attracted social scientists from different regions of the country. Many studies ( Tanuj et al, 2009 ; Shah and Escudero, 2017 ; Gover et al, 2020 ; Padmaja and Bharadwaj, 2020 ; Rana, 2020 ; Bharati, 2021 ; De Sousa, 2021 ; Sourabh et al, 2021 ) related to suicide among older people have been done and are being done in India. Through these studies, the nature, causes, and effects of suicide have been studied scientifically and are seen as a serious problem among older people in India.…”

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Vulnerability as determinant of suicide among older people in Northern Indian states

Patel

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Older people are confronted with a myriad of challenges throughout the course of their lives in the present society. One of these is the issue of suicidal behaviour among people of older age. This article understands the nature and examines the cause of mortality due to suicide among older people in later life. The author has applied the document analysis method. The information for the current research has been collected using the news content of various Indian newspapers, magazines, and news portals. The researcher was collated 60 occurrences of old-age suicide from the newspapers of Northern Indian states from March 2022 to June 2022. The study has indicated that there is a substantial rise in old-age suicide due to the vulnerable condition of older people in late life. Moreover, the vulnerable condition of older people has led to various factors instrumental in old-age suicide, such as abuse in the family, chronic diseases, depression, poverty, and social rejection that give rise to feelings of committing suicide among the older people.

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Vulnerability as determinant of suicide among older people in Northern Indian states

Patel

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Elderly Suicide and Suicide Prevention

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Vulnerability as determinant of suicide among older people in Northern Indian states

Vulnerability as determinant of suicide among older people in Northern Indian states

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