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Future Directions for Research on Late-Life Suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Eric D. Caine  and
Barry D. Lebowitz
Eric D. Caine
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Barry D. Lebowitz
Affiliation:
Mental Disorders of the Aging Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
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Suicide is an action that calls for explanation. Many who kill themselves leave written words behind, attempting to explain, but many others do not. For those outside the experience, there remains a need to understand. Self-inflicted death may make sense occasionally, however painful it may be to those left behind. Most often, it is called a tragedy, death before one's time.

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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 357 - 360
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© 1995 Springer Publishing Company

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