Suicide in older adults focusing on the assessment of risk and protective predictors with the purpose of conceptualizing evidence-based prevention models.

Research is mainly based on individual-level register data from Denmark.

Suicide, geriatrics, medical record linkage, epidemiology, oldest old mortality

Mens Health Award by the Danish National Board of Health (2006).

Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2004).

Research grant from the Danish Velux Foundation (2004).

Young Researcher Lecture Award at the 9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour (2002).

Blue Ribbon Award Winner at the Population Association of America's annual meeting (2002, 2003, 2005)

Doctoral research grant by the Danish National Board of Health (2001).

Doctoral research grant by the Danish Health Insurance Foundation (2001).

ERLANGSEN, A.; AGERBO, E.; HAWTON, K.; CONWELL, Y. (IN PRINT) Early discontinuation of antidepressant treatment and suicide risk among persons aged 50 and over: a population-based register study. Journal of Affective Disorders.

ERLANGSEN A; ZARIT SH; CONWELL Y. (2008) Hospital-diagnosed dementia and suicide: a longitudinal study using prospective, nationwide register data. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 16; 220-228.

ERLANGSEN A; CANUDAS-ROMO V; CONWELL Y. (2008) Decreasing suicide rates and increased use of antidepressants: A longitudinal population-based study using Danish register data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62; 448-454.

ERLANGSEN A; ZARIT SH; TU X; CONWELL Y. (2006) Suicide among older psychiatric inpatients: an evidence-based study of a high risk group. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 14; 734-741.

ERLANGSEN A; MORTENSEN PB; VACH W; JEUNE B. (2005) Psychiatric hospitalisation and suicide among the very old in Denmark: a population-based register study. British Journal of Psychiatry 187: 43-48.

ERLANGSEN A; VACH W; JEUNE B. (2005) The impact of hospitalization with somatic diagnoses on the suicide risk among the oldest old: a population-based register study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 53; 771-776.

ERLANGSEN A; JEUNE B. (2005) Yngre og ældre ældres risiko for selvmord efter partners død [Risk of suicide among the old and oldest old after the death of a partner]. Dansk Sociologi 16; 55-68.

ERLANGSEN A; JEUNE B; BILLE-BRAHE U; VAUPEL JW. (2004) Loss of partner and suicide risks among the oldest old: a population-based register study. Age and Ageing 33; 378-383.

ERLANGSEN A. (2004) Risiko for selvmord blandt gamle mennesker [Risk of suicide among older people ]. In: Tellervo, J. (Editor): Selvmord blandt gamle. mennesker – myter, viden og forebyggelse[Suicide and Old People - Myths, Knowledge and Prevention]. Copenhagen, Denmark: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, pg. 76-83.

ERLANGSEN A. (2004) Disparities in suicide among the old and oldest old in Denmark. PhD dissertation. Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark.

ERLANGSEN A; BILLE-BRAHE U; JEUNE B. (2003) Differences in suicide between the old and the oldest old. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 58B; 314-322.