Socio-psychological factors in suicide with Alzheimer's disease: Comparative case studies of two patients in the USA and Japan

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-39

  Kishikawa, Yusuke ^a   Friedland, Robert P ^b   Ueda, Hideki ^c   Kitabayashi, Yurinosuke ^c   Fukui, Kenji ^c  

^a Aino Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Socio cultural background; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847695220     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00174.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Rubio A, Vestner AL, Stewart JN et al. Suicide and Alzheimer's pathology in the elderly: A Case-Control Study. Biol Psychiatry 2001; 49: 137-145.
2. Ferris SH, Hofeldt GT, Carbone G et al. Suicide in two patients with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1999; 13: 88-90.
3. Rohde K, Peskind ER, Raskind MA. Suicide in two patients with Alzheimer's disease. J Am Geriatr Soc 1995; 43: 187-189.
4. Margo GM, Finkel JA. Early dementia as a risk factor for suicide. Hosp Community Psychiatry 1990; 41: 676-678.
5. Draper B, MacCuspie-Moore C, Brodaty H. Suicidal ideation and the 'wish to die' in dementia patients: The role of depression. Age Aging 1998; 27: 503-507.
6. Vega U, Kishikawa Y, Ricanati E, Friedland RP. Suicide and Alzheimer disease. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2002; 10: 484-485.
7. Crow TJ, Cross AJ, Cooper SJ et al. Neurotransmitter receptor and monoamine metabolites in the brain of patients with Alzheimer-type dementia and depression, and suicide. Neuropharmacology 1984; 23: 1561-1569.
8. Zubenko GS, Moossy J, Kopp U. Neurochemical correlates of major depression in primary dementia. Arch Neurol 1990; 47: 209-214.
9. Harwood DG, Sultzer DL. 'Life is not worth living': Hopelessness in Alzheimer's disease. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2002; 15: 38-43.
10. Andersen CK, Wittrup-Jensen KU, Lolk A et al. Ability to perform activities of daily living is main factor affecting quality of life in patients with dementia. Health Qual Life Outcome 2004; 2: 52.