Physical vulnerability and fatal self-harm in the elderly

Eddleston, M.; Dissanayake, M.; Sheriff, M.H.R.; Warrell, D.A.; Gunel, D.

dc.contributor.author	Eddleston, M.
dc.contributor.author	Dissanayake, M.
dc.contributor.author	Sheriff, M.H.R.
dc.contributor.author	Warrell, D.A.
dc.contributor.author	Gunel, D.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-28T14:02:30Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-28T14:02:30Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.citation	Eddleston, M., Dissanayake, M., Sheriff, M. R., Warrell, D. A., & Gunnell, D. (2006). Physical vulnerability and fatal self-harm in the elderly. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 189(3), 278-279.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/6146
dc.description	British Journal of Psychiatry: 2006; 189; 278-279p.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Although the high rate of suicide in elderly people is conventionally explained as being due to greater intent to die, we have noted elderly Sri Lankans dying after relatively mild poisoning. Using data from cases of yellow oleander poisoning, we investigated the effect of age on outcome in 1697 patients, controlling for gender and amount ingested. In fully adjusted models, people over 64 years old were 13.8 (95% CI 3.6–53.0) times more likely to die than those less than 25 years old. The high number of suicides in elderly people globally is likely to be due, in part, to the difficulty they face in surviving the effects of both the poisoning and its treatment.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en_US
dc.title	Physical vulnerability and fatal self-harm in the elderly	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US