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Management

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The prevention of suicide in the elderly depends on the identification and treatment of:

  • mental disease:
    • SSRIs are effective and less toxic in overdose
    • close primary care supervision with weekly prescriptions may help prevent accumulation of tablets and subsequent overdose
  • physical disease
  • correcting social problems

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