Psychological Autopsy Study of Suicides among Elderly
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https://doi.org/10.48165/Keywords:
Elderly suicide, Reasons for suicide, Depression, Psychological autopsyAbstract
A great deal of research has been focused on the suicide in young, but surprisingly limited research has been under taken in the area of suicide in elderly accomplished by under reporting. Since the proportion of older people in population is rising worldwide, indeed the increase in developing countries like India is even greater than the developed countries. This prospective and descriptive study among elder people has been carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore during the period November 2005 to April 2007 (18 months). All the cases aged 60 years and above brought to the department for medico-legal autopsy with alleged history of suicide and or detected as suicide by the circumstantial evidences and autopsy findings were selected. A sum total of 70 cases were studied during the study period.
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