OBJECTIVES: Attributions for attempting suicide were explored in older adults with and without serious @entity221 . METHODS: An open-ended question was used to explore attributions for attempting suicide in 101 hospitalized @entity1 aged 70+. Serious @entity221 was defined as a score of 3 or 4 on any of the 13 non-psychiatric organ categories in the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics. RESULTS: Roughly one-third of hospitalized @entity1 with (22/62) and without (12/39) serious @entity221 attributed the suicide attempt to somatic distress. Among 70- to 79-year-olds, seriously physically ill @entity1 were more likely than healthier @entity1 to attribute their attempt to @entity158 (84% vs. 48%, p   =   0.013). There were no significant differences in attributions in @entity1 with and without serious health problems in the 80+ group. CONCLUSIONS: The processes by which @entity221 confers risk for attempted suicide in older adulthood may be age dependent. Interventions are needed to mitigate @entity158 in physically ill older @entity1 , especially those in their seventies. Research is needed to understand how the psychological processes that influence the desire for suicide change across older adulthood. Copyright    2015 John Wiley _ Sons, Ltd.

Assessing the role of XXXX in young old and older old suicide attempters.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'persons'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['physical illness'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['psychological pain']
@entity221 :: (MESH:D005334,Disease) :: ['physical illness']
