Older adulthood is a period of high risk for suicide. This presentation will review the epidemiology of suicide in later life, the factors associate with self-injurious behavior in older adults, and approaches to its prevention from both clinical and public health perspectives. We also will review the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to suicide and its prevention.

• At the conclusion of this webinar participants will
  • Appreciate the scope of the problem of suicide in older adults
  • Understand the factors that place older people at increased risk for suicide
  • Be familiar with the available evidence for effective approaches to its prevention.

Yeates Conwell, MD is Professor and Vice Chair, Co-Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide; Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry; Director, University of Rochester Medical Center’s Office for Aging Research and Health Services. Expertise: nation’s leading expert on older adult suicide.

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