[Suicide, a philosophical act or an act of depression?]

Soins Gerontol. 2016 May-Jun:(119):12-4. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2016.03.002.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Suicide is more frequent in people aged over 75 than in the rest of the population. Is it the fact of feeling too old or of being alone? Is the person fully lucid? The question of responsibility is raised, as is the meaning of the act: the ultimate living gesture or capitulation in the face of death?

Keywords: death; elderly person; mort; old age; personne âgée; stages of life; suicide; vieillesse; âges de la vie.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged / psychology*
  • Aging / psychology*
  • Attitude to Death
  • Humans
  • Suicide / psychology*