Your paper is to write specifically about what factors that might account for the rise in suicides in people over fifty. You can choose how much older than fifty and you can focus on a specific race, gender, and /or socio-economic group as long as they are over 50.

U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High By SABRINA TAVERNISE Published: April 22, 2016. Rates increased among almost all groups, a federal data analysis found, with women and middle-aged Americans hit particularly hard.

The above article is from the New York Times and your assignment is not only to  read this article but your  paper  must be comprised  of research  published in psychological or sociological journals. Please synthesize at least four  research articles on this  topic (suicide over 50)  into approximately a five to seven-page paper. Your paper will focus on findings,  controversies and conclusions. Papers are graded down five points for each late day. All papers must be submitted by January 13th.