Suicides Among Older Adults

The challenges that this population faces are directly related to psychosocial, physiological, economic and behavioral factors. Challenges such as these can cause serious obstacles for the prevention of STDs due to their influence on access to care, willingness to seek treatment, and social behaviors regarding sexuality. Often older adults are looked at as

Over one million cases of Chlamydia were reported to the CDC in 2013. Despite this large number of reports it actually was a decrease by 1.5% since 2012 (CDC, 2014). Epidemiology statistics showed an increase in reported syphilis, including congenital. Other sexually transmitted diseases can pose higher risks for acquiring HIV. According to new studies, HIV is growing faster in populations that are over 50 versus 40 years and younger (BenRose, 2014). Factors may play a role in this such as higher divorce rates, new medications, and safe sex measures. Therefore, it is important for the healthcare provider screen for sexual activity and any change in sexual partners to provide routine testing when necessary and education on preventive

Mikva and Rosenthal. “Guns and the Rising Rate of Suicide.” New York Times. 14 Dec. 2015:

Young people are at greater risk of getting an STD for several reasons: Young women’s bodies are biologically more susceptible to STDs. Some young people do not get the recommended STD tests. Many young people are hesitant to talk openly and honestly with a doctor or nurse about their sex lives. Not having insurance or transportation can make it more difficult for young people to access STD testing. Some young people have more than one sex partner.

This article begins by referencing an incident of a 74-year-old woman in the Netherlands whom requested euthanasia for her chronic dementia. The author (Lane) explains how euthanasia is so commonplace in the Netherlands and how they use subjective criteria such as “"unbearable suffering," "due care" and, fuzziest of all, especially in cases of dementia or mental illness, a ‘voluntary, well-considered request’”. The author goes on to explain how the current euthanasia laws are problematic and “In some cases, physicians knowingly pushed the limits of [the] law”. The author goes on to conclude that if euthanasia were to be expanded beyond what it is now, the impaired patient’s ability to consent would become doubtful or null. The legislation in

The author name is Pramil, Singh. He is an accompaniment professor and the director of the center for health research. He is Assistant Professor at School of Public Health. Also, He completed his scholarly work at the University of California in Los Angeles and doctoral training in epidemiology at Loma Linda University. The author resume and his expense seem to be interesting in this topic which talks about health. Understanding the reason for the article that the writer mention difference in health and religious beliefs with use tobacco between male populations. They live in rural Egypt. I do recognize the argument in the article. The reasoning seems sound in the objective. Also, the emotional appeal seems fairly in a few parts of author

Men and women of this generation are more prone of having sexually transmitted diseases. It is now one of the major problems in the field of medicine and health. STD is very broad and has many aspects just like cancer. There are also different types of this disease, one of these is syphilis.

The data suggested that people 65 years old and older were more adherent with their ART prescription in comparison to their younger counterparts and managed to suppress their viral load. To further add the data also stated that male to male sexual contact had the highest rate of new diagnosis in 2011. However, as the continuum of care progressed the number of men engaged in treatment decreased by nearly 50% and hence reducing the chances of nearly half of newly diagnosed men adhering to the task of acquiring a suppressed viral load. The authors research stated that “of 15,449 people newly diagnosed with HIV in the 19

The overview of suicide through the lifespan. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in Canada (Suicide Facts at a Glance, n.d.). In cases of suicide among the elderly, there are many social, psychological, and emotional pressures at play. Two of the most frequent causes of death among the elderly are a sense of social isolation and the loss of independence that comes with aging, often in the form of chronic illness or mental incapacitation. The paper is to investigate the research available on the occurrence of suicide amongst adolescents, adults, and the elderly. The causal factors behind suicides in these three age groups will be examined.

In today's society and human nature since the beginning, sadness is a common emotion. Not a positive feeling however one that all beings experience at some point. It can be sadness from a fight with a companion or kin, a bad grade on a test, not being able to see a certain someone on some day. Or sadness can be deeper- losing a family member, losing touch with oneself. Feeling so graphically depressed to where someone wants to take their own life. This is called Suicide, suicide is a large cause of death among citizens 15-30. However, suicidal actions and feelings can happen to anyone. The causes can be quite linked as well. Bullying is a massive issue in America and all over the world. Bullying can happen in person, behind ones back through

Suicide is a serious health issue, defined as the act of intentionally causing your own death. In the United States, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death. In the course of a year more than 44,000 Americans die by suicide. There are twice as many deaths by suicide than HIV/AIDS in the world. In suicide victims there tends to be low levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which promotes survival of neurons. Serotonin, a mood, hunger, and sleep neurotransmitter is found in very low levels in suicide victims. This is due to the 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid, in the cerebral spinal fluid which breaks down serotonin. Treatments like antidepressants often raise serotonin and BDNF levels in patients to help decrease their suicidal thoughts.

There are not many people who are willing to dig deeper into understanding why a person attempts or thinks about committing suicide. There may be even fewer people who want to understand what is going on in that person’s brain as well, but Alexandre Dombrovski sought out to find and understand what goes on in a person’s brain who attempts and thinks about committing suicide. In the article, “Cognitive Performance in Suicidal Depressed Elderly: Preliminary Report” written by Alexandre Dombrovski, he studied depressed elderly patients who have had both suicidal attempts and thoughts in order to see if there is a difference in their cognitive functioning’s. To find the results of his study Dombrovski examined and tested 64 different patients who

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), although sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, can affect people, regardless of age, they

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD), annually September 18, provides us with an opportunity to discuss the challenges facing HIV seropositive persons as they age, and the challenges older individuals at risk for HIV or have recently acquired it. This memo hopes to reiterate the unique challenges of the graying of the HIV epidemic, while providing context for current and future interventions, and addressing faults in the field. Statistics reveals that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is slowly becoming a chronic disease increasingly characterized by individuals beyond the age of 50 and of color. Incidence is high amongst older women whose biological changes makes them especially vulnerable to HIV infection. Reports have shown that the cause

According to Peate (2012) “the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are highest among people under the age of 25 years, however community nurses must be aware that older men and women are also at risk. Sexual health promotion has been the focus of a number of key government publications in recent years. Sexuality in the older population are usually of humor however, there is a growing realization that sexual activity is not restricted to young people, and that education in sexual health is concern in the older population. There are a number of factors that put the older person at greater risk of sexually transmitted illness’s than the younger population. Sexual health and relationships where sexually transmitted infections can have a negative outcome in individuals at risk may impact the overall person’s health, cost of healthcare, and wellbeing. In 2009 the statistics in the UK, in the over 45 age group included 5356 people with genital warts, 3025 with genital herpes and over 1225 with gonorrhea; by the end of 2010, an estimated 91500 people in the UK were living with HIV.