%0 Journal Article
%T Suicidio en el adulto mayor Suicide in elderly people
%A Victoria de la Caridad Ribot Reyes
%A Maritza Alfonso Romero
%A Martha Elena Ramos Arteaga
%A Antonio Gonz芍lez Castillo
%J Revista Habanera de Ciencias Mˋˋdicas
%D 2012
%I Ministerio de Salud Publica
%X Introducci車n: el suicidio en el adulto mayor se considera un problema de salud a nivel mundial. Objetivos: Caracterizar la conducta suicida en el adulto mayor, sus variantes y la situaci車n epidemiol車gica del fen車meno. Precisar los factores de riesgo asociados al suicidio en ancianos. Material y M谷todos: se realiz車 una revisi車n bibliogr芍fica. Se utilizaron los m谷todos de an芍lisis documental, an芍lisis-s赤ntesis e inducci車n-deducci車n, los cuales, a partir de un mapa de conceptos, permitieron arribar a conclusiones. Resultados: se presenta la definici車n de suicidio. Se describen los dos grandes tipos de suicidio: el suicidio aut谷ntico y el parasuicidio. Se recogen datos epidemiol車gicos como que de los m芍s de 1,1 millones de suicidios que se llevan a cabo cada a o, la mayor赤a son cometidos por adultos de m芍s de 60 a os. Se describen los factores de riesgo que inciden en la conducta suicida, los cuales pueden dividirse en m谷dicos, psiqui芍tricos, psicol車gicos, familiares y socioambientales. Conclusiones: la conducta suicida en el anciano tiene rasgos distintivos, dada por la realizaci車n de menos intentos de suicidio que los j車venes, utilizaci車n de m谷todos m芍s mortales y el reflejo de menos se ales de aviso las cuales son m芍s dif赤ciles de detectar. El principal factor de riesgo lo constituye la depresi車n, asociada o no a otros factores como enfermedades invalidantes, p谷rdidas familiares y personales. Introduction: suicide in elderly people is considered a health problem in many countries of the world. Objectives: characterize suicide behaviour in elderly people by explaining its different variants and the epidemiological situation of this fact. Point out the risk factors associated to suicide in old people. Material and Methods: it was made a bibliographical revision using different methods like: documentary analysis, analysis synthesis, and induction deduction. These methods, taking as starting point a map of concepts, allowed us to arrive to conclusions about this topic. Results: Suicide definition was established. The two major types of suicides were described: Genuine suicide and parasuicide. Several epidemiological data about suicide were pointed out such as: From 1,1 million people who commit suicide the greatest percents belong to elderly people. Different risk factors affecting suicide behaviour were also described. They can be divided into medical, psychiatric, psychological, familiar and socio-environmental risk factors. Conclusions: Suicide behaviour in old people has its own distinctive features given by less suicidal attempts than young people. The
%K anciano
%K suicidio
%K adulto mayor
%K old man
%K suicide
%K elderly people
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