Anumberofmethodologicissuescomplicatethestudyof suicideinlaterlife.First,thetermsusedintheliterature andclinicalsettingstodescribesuicidalbehaviorareoften illdefinedandlooselyapplied,makingtheinterpretation andgeneralizationoffindingsdifficult.Aswell,SI,AS, CSareoftenconflatedindiscussionsofsuicidalbehavior, leadingtoaninaccurateunderstandingofrisk.Consensus onaprecisetypologyofaggressiveandself-destructive behaviorshasbeenelusivedespiteorganizedeffortsto promulgatestandardizeddefinitions(O’Carrolletal 1996