No country for older men: ageing male suicide in New Zealand.
Yoram BarakGary CheungSarah FortunePaul GluePublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2020)
Deaths by suicide are very high for older males. In addition to established risk factors, psychosocial adversity as reflected by loneliness, poverty and shift to residential care may be major reasons for the high suicide rates. Research to inform about this vulnerable population and prevention are urgently needed.