TY - JOUR
AU - Christensen, Helen
AB - ORIGINAL ARTICLES Age and Gender Differences Among Australian Suicide Ideators Prevalence and Correlates A. Kate Fairweather, BSc(Hons),* Kaarin J. Anstey, PhD,* Bryan Rodgers, PhD,† Anthony F. Jorm, PhD,‡ and Helen Christensen, PhD* into significant developmental changes in relation to suicide risk. Abstract: We investigated the prevalence and correlates of suicidal Furthermore, while reminding us that we cannot regard age and ideation in an Australian population sample at three stages of gender as possessing a causal link with suicidality, Bille-Brahe adulthood. Random sampling of a community acquired 7485 par- suggests that “
age and gender might help to reveal the ticipants. Cohorts were 20 to 24, 40 to 44, or 60 to 64 years old. impact of societal circumstances and social change” (p. 21). Twelve-month prevalence of suicidal ideation was 8.2%. Suicidal In support of this assertion, there is a significant body ideation was highest among the youngest cohort. Males with chronic of literature indicating that different age cohorts do have physical illness were more prone to suicidal ideation, as were those varying rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as compared aged 20 to 24 and 60 to 64. Furthermore, underemployed subjects with suicide completions (Bille-Brahe, 1993; Diekstra, 1996; 60 to 
TI - Age and Gender Differences Among Australian Suicide Ideators Prevalence and Correlates
JF - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
DO - 10.1097/01.nmd.0000254746.15325.fa
DA - 2007-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/age-and-gender-differences-among-australian-suicide-ideators-Wano0p2k3m
SP - 130
EP - 136
VL - 195
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -