대한노인정신의학회

Older persons are at higher risk for suicide than any other age groups and elderly suicide is a critical public health problem. Attempted suicide in elderly is very lethal, therefor it＇s management must be accompanied by prevention. Though, there are few reports about risk factors in elderly suicide, and significant differences in the data between western and eastern world. So, there should be researches about risk factors influenced by peculiar cultural and re-gional circumstances, and these make it possible to detect elderly suicide early by education and community efforts.

노인,자살,조기발견,예방, Elderly suicide,Early detection,Prevention