Risk Factors for Serious Suicide Attempts: Difference Between Older and Younger Attempters in the Emergency Department

Objective: Suicide attempts of the older adults are known to be more serious than that of the younger adults. Despite its major social impact in South Korea, the behavioral mechanism of serious suicide attempt (SSA) in old people remains to be elucidated. Thus, we investigated the risk factors for S...

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Main Authors: Dong Wook Kim, Seo Eun Cho, Jae Myeong Kang, Soo Kyun Woo, Seung-Gul Kang, Byeong Kil Yeon, Seong-Jin Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.607811/full