Wednesday 5 June 2019

Individuals who attempt suicide carry an increased genetic liability for depression, regardless of their psychiatric dis

The largest genome wide association study (GWAS) to date on suicide attempt reveals that genetic liability to depression increases an individual's risk for suicide attempt regardless of the psychiatric disorder they are affected by, according to the work led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published June 5 in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

* This article was originally published here