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Multimodales Erklärungsmodell der Suizidalität im Alter

Transactional model of suicidal behavior in the elderly

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Allgemeine Modelle zur Entstehung suizidalen Verhaltens können die überproportionale Betroffenheit alter Menschen nur unzureichend erklären. Das hier vorgestellte transaktionale Modell versucht, die komplexen Bedingungen suizidaler Handlungen im Alter darzustellen. Diskutiert wird eine vielfache reziproke Abhängigkeit von biologischen, psychologischen und sozialen Faktoren, die suizidales Verhalten i.S. eines Problemlöseverhaltens erleichtern können.

Abstract

General theories of suicidology are insufficient to explain the overproportional rate of suicidal behaviour in the elderly. The proposed transactional model represents a bio-psycho-social foundation of suicidal behavior in the elderly. The reciprocal interactions of biological, somatic, psychological and social factors in old age which may enhance suicidal behavior as a mode of problem-solving behavior are discussed.

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Schaller, S. Multimodales Erklärungsmodell der Suizidalität im Alter. Z Gerontol Geriat 41, 14–21 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-008-0518-y

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