HealthDay (3/3, Thompson ) reports a study suggests that “suicide prevention campaigns are overlooking seniors, even though people 75 and older have the highest rates of suicide for any age group.” Researchers found that “none of the seven most prominent suicide prevention programs include any messaging aimed at at-risk seniors on their web sites.” Moreover, “older adults are ignored even though five of the programs specifically acknowledge older adults as a high-risk population for suicide on those very web sites.” They concluded, “Our hope is that shedding a light on this imbalance may lead to major suicide prevention organizations considering ways to make their resources more easily accessible to older adults.”
The study was published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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— “Seniors Overlooked By Suicide Prevention Programs,” Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, March 3, 2025