Severity of suicidal ideation and mortality in older adults: theoretical and clinical implications
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- Jonson M
- Sigstrom R
- Van Orden K
- Fassberg MM
- Skoog I
- Waern M.
population-based samples of older adults.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022;
) in this issue examined the impact of different levels of suicidal ideation on the
3-year all-cause mortality of 2,438 older adults (aged 79+) in Sweden. Previous work
has documented that a variety of indicators of suicidal ideation, such as death wishes,
are related to mortality in older adults (
- Batterham PJ
- Calear AL
- Mackinnon AJ
- Christensen H.
,
- Fagerström C
- Welmer AK
- Elmståhl S
- Tuvesson H.
among men and women older than 60 years.
,
- Raue PJ
- Morales KH
- Post EP
- Bogner HR
- Have TT
- Bruce ML.
). The current study increases our understanding of possible unique relationships
between different levels of passive and active suicidal ideation and mortality. Conceptualizing
different gradients of passive suicidal ideation in particular, such as life weariness
and wishes to be dead, provides an opportunity to uncover a more fine-grained understanding
of these relationships. Life weariness as a less severe variant of passive suicidal
ideation than wish to die is an interesting construct – one which may historically
be more represented on research scales in comparison to clinical practice. But as
the authors point out, these distinctions may be of both theoretical and clinical
interest.
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