Suicide Evaluation

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Suicide Evaluation
Suicide is a serious problem that needs to be studied so as to best determine a source of
prevention for the numerous people groups that attempt suicide every year. The study of suicide
can be directed through many different topics and sub-topics in an attempt to gain more insight
concerning a specific faction of people. This paper will evaluate five particular topics of suicide
through which a qualified study has been completed and recorded in a professional journal of
medicine. These topics of suicide include a study focused on the old elderly, American
adolescents, South Asian women of the United Kingdom, white and black/mixed race female prisoners of the United Kingdom, and the heightened risk of suicide in patients that gain energy
while still heavily depressed.

Article # 1
“Predictors of Suicide in the Old Elderly”
The suicide of senior citizens as examined by Waern, Rubenowitz, and Wilhelmson (2003) states that:
Seniors aged 75 and above have the highest suicide rates of all age groups in most industrial-
ized countries. However, research concerning risk factors for suicide in the old elderly is
sparse. The purpose was to determine predictors for suicide among the old elderly (75+).
Their hypotheses is that the old elderly (75+) is at greater risk of suicide than the young elderly (65-74) due to extenuating circumstances that affect both groups but has a greater impact on the old elderly. Research was conducted in Sweden through a series of surveys and interviews with a specified sample of the Swedish population. Waern, Rubenowitz, and Wilhelmson (2003) states that:
85 consecutive cases of suicide that occurred in western Sweden and 153 control persons with
the same sex, birth year, and zip code as the suicide cases were randomly selected from the
tax register. The old elderly group included 38 cases and 71 controls; the young elderl...