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There is not a great deal of literature on suicidal behavior in the elderly, especially not with respect to patients who have attempted suicide (Batchelor and Napier 1953; Böker 1975; Feuerlein 1977; Kreitman 1976). We were interested to see whether there are age-related differences in patients with self-poisoning. In our opinion, if such differences exist, information about them should be of benefit in the prevention of suicide.
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Kockott, G. (1988). Age-Related Differences in Patients Who Attempt Suicide. In: Möller, HJ., Schmidtke, A., Welz, R. (eds) Current Issues of Suicidology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73358-1_10
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