Abstract
Introduction: Suicide has been described in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Some promising medications for treating Alzheimer's disease have had their studies suspended because they increase the risk of suicide. Understanding the correlations between suicide and Alzheimer's disease is essential in an aging world.
Methods: A search was carried out on electronic websites (PubMed and Scielo) using the MeSH Terms “suicide” and “Alzheimer” (1986-2023). Of a total of 115 articles, 26 were included in this review.
Results: Depression and the allele ε4 of Apolipoprotein (APOE4) were demonstrated to be the main risk factors for suicide in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Conclusion: Adequately delineating which elderly people are vulnerable to suicide is important so that new treatments for Alzheimer's disease can be successful. This review showed a need for new studies to investigate the interface between Alzheimer's disease and suicide.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, suicide, review, integrative, old people, psychiatry.
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:Alzheimer's Disease and Suicide: An Integrative Literature Review
Volume: 20 Issue: 11
Author(s): Juliano Flávio Rubatino Rodrigues*, Livia Peregrino Rodrigues and Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho
Affiliation:
- Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (FAMEMA), Marília, SP, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
- Unimed Bauru Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico, Bauru, SP, Brazil
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, suicide, review, integrative, old people, psychiatry.
Abstract:
Introduction: Suicide has been described in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Some promising medications for treating Alzheimer's disease have had their studies suspended because they increase the risk of suicide. Understanding the correlations between suicide and Alzheimer's disease is essential in an aging world.
Methods: A search was carried out on electronic websites (PubMed and Scielo) using the MeSH Terms “suicide” and “Alzheimer” (1986-2023). Of a total of 115 articles, 26 were included in this review.
Results: Depression and the allele ε4 of Apolipoprotein (APOE4) were demonstrated to be the main risk factors for suicide in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Conclusion: Adequately delineating which elderly people are vulnerable to suicide is important so that new treatments for Alzheimer's disease can be successful. This review showed a need for new studies to investigate the interface between Alzheimer's disease and suicide.
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Rodrigues Flávio Rubatino Juliano*, Rodrigues Peregrino Livia and de Araújo Filho Maria Gerardo, Alzheimer's Disease and Suicide: An Integrative Literature Review, Current Alzheimer Research 2023; 20 (11) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0115672050292472240216052614
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0115672050292472240216052614 |
Print ISSN 1567-2050 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5828 |
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