When life loses meaning – analysis of factors determining suicides among older people | Exlibris Social Gerontology Journal
Published : 2023-04-06

When life loses meaning – analysis of factors determining suicides among older people

Ewa Śliwa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-4105

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This article aims to analyze the phenomenon of suicides among older people, focusing on the classification of suicidal behaviors and motivations leading to them; identifying individual and environmental risk factors; analyzing standard characteristic features; psychological analysis of the process; reviewing clinical and sociological factors in the context of suicides among older people.

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suicide, old age, loneliness, illness



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Śliwa, E. (2023). When life loses meaning – analysis of factors determining suicides among older people. Exlibris Social Gerontology Journal, 23(2), 67–90. https://doi.org/10.57655/EXLIBRIS_2_2022_4

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