Familial Pathways to Early-Onset Suicide Attempt
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- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 59 (9) , 801-807
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.59.9.801
Abstract
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS are among the most serious complication of mood disorders. Although most completed and attempted suicides occur in the context of a mood disorder, most individuals with mood disorders never engage in suicidal behavior.1 Therefore, there must be factors other than the mood disorder that predispose an individual to suicidal behavior. For example, familial genetic or nongenetic factors increase the likelihood that a suicide attempt will occur in the context of an episode of mood disorder.2,3Keywords
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