Family History of Suicide Among Suicide Victims

Runeson, Bo; Åsberg, Marie

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1525

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“…Controlling for educational level, the samples differed significantly regarding suicidal ideation. These results SUICIDAL IDEATION IN SUICIDE SURVIVORS are consistent with the literature (e.g., Agerbo et al, 2002;Cheng et al, 2000;Kim et al, 2005;Kuramoto et al, 2010;Qin et al, 2002;Runeson & Asberg, 2003), which reports that individuals bereaved by suicide often exhibit an increased risk for suicide compared to the general population.…”

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“…Research conducted with Micronesia citizens indicates that familiarity with suicide leads to an acceptance of the act by peers, who become prone to reproduce it (Rubinstein, 1983). In addition, several other studies (e.g., Agerbo et al, 2002;Cheng, Chen, Chen, & Jenkins, 2000;Kim et al, 2003;Kuramoto et al, 2010;Qin, Agerbo, & Mortensen, 2002;Runeson & Asberg, 2003) have demonstrated that suicide survivors (suicide bereaved individuals)-''someone who experiences a high level of self-perceived psychological, physical, and=or social distress for a considerable length of time after exposure to the suicide of another person'' (Jordan & McIntosh, 2011a, p. 7)-often exhibit a higher risk for suicide than the general population.…”

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Suicidal Ideation and Distress in Family Members Bereaved by Suicide in Portugal

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Suicidal Ideation and Distress in Family Members Bereaved by Suicide in Portugal

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“…In one study, family history of suicide was associated with an increased rate of suicide even compared to those who have had a first-degree relative die from either accidents or homicides, supporting the view that the familial transmission of suicidal behavior is not strongly mediated by bereavement (38). One study found an impact of parental suicide on children aged 10-21 for both maternal and paternal suicide, with an increased risk for suicide in offspring even for maternal loss from qother causes; however, the effect of maternal suicide was greater than maternal loss due to other causes (AOR's 4.8 vs. 2.06).…”

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Familial Transmission of Suicidal Behavior

Brent¹,

Melhem²

2008

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

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Suicide and suicidal behavior is highly familial, and appears to be familially transmitted independently from the familial transmission of psychiatric disorder per se (1). Adoption, twin, and family studies support the view that the etiology of the familial transmission of suicidal behavior is at least in part genetic, and may be mediated by the transmission of intermediate phenotypes, such as impulsive aggression. In addition, there may be environmental causes for familial transmission, including imitation, and the intergenerational transmission of family adversity. In this review, we cover the evidence supporting the familial transmission of suicidal behavior, possible genetic and environmental explanations for this phenomenom, describe putative intermediate phenotypes, and discuss the contributory roles of early child-rearing and concurrent familial environmental stressors to suicidal risk. A better understanding of the mechanisms for the familial transmission of suicidal behavior can help to shed light on etiology, identify individuals at high risk for the development of incident suicidal behavior, and frame targets for intervention and prevention.Adoption studies (see Table 1) Three adoption studies have been conducted, all using the same Danish adoption registry. Kety et al., in a study designed to examine the genetics of schizophrenia and mood disorders, found a non-significant trend towards higher concordance for suicide in biological, compared to adoptive relatives of adoptees who committed suicide (2). Subsequently, a second study compared the rates of suicide among the biological and adoptive relatives of adoptees who committed suicide vs. biological and adoptive relatives of a matched living adoptee control group in Denmark (3). This study found a six-fold higher rate of suicide in the biological relatives of the suicide vs. those of the control adoptees, and an absence of suicide among the adopted relatives of the suicide vs. control adoptees supporting a genetic rather than environmental etiology (see Table 1). The rate of suicide was higher in the biologic relatives of suicide adoptees regardless of whether the adoptees were psychiatric patients or not. However, it was not possible to determine if the genetic liability to suicide was attributable to the transmission of major psychiatric disorders or to a suicide diathesis per se.In a third adoption study using this registry, a comparison of biological and adoptive relatives of adult adoptees with mood disorder and matched unaffected adoptees were examined (4), revealed a 15-fold increase in suicide among the biological relatives of the mood-disordered adoptees vs. those of the unaffected adoptees (4). This finding supports the role of mood disorder in the genetics of suicide. However, the greatest increased risk for suicidal behavior was found in the relatives of those probands with "affect reaction," a diagnosis akin to Corresponding Author: Dr. David Brent, BrentDA@upmc.edu. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript th...

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“…Risk of RSA was higher for people with a family history of SA than those without this history. In studies performed in England (27), Sweden (28), and the US (29), individuals with a family history of SA showed an odds ratio of SA of 2.1, 1.98, and 3.87 times higher than those without, respectively.…”

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Effective Factors in Recurrent Deliberate Self-Poisoning Attempts

Moradinazar

Najafi

Baneshi

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Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: The most common suicide attempt (SA) is deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) in Iran. Although the proportion of fatal suicide by DSP is much lower compared to other methods, repeated suicide attempts (RSA) are very high. Objectives: This study aimed at determining the effective factors on RSA among patients referred due to DSP in west of Iran. Methods: All cases attempting DSP, who were referred to the only main poisoning treatment centre in the west of Iran, were assessed during year 2014. They were interviewed by psychologists in order to determine the number of SAs for each person individually, using data linkage. Data was analyzed by zero-truncated poisson regression. Results: During year 2014, of 1790 cases committed with DSP, 64 (3.5%) died because of the severity of poisoning. Among non-fatal DSP attempters, 1069 (61.94%) attempted suicide for the first time and 334 (19.34%) for the second time. In the multivariate model, age was an important predictor of RSA, so that the risk of RSA in 26 to 35 year-old age group was lower than in the 18-year-old age group (IRR 0.3, 95 % CI, 0.2 to 0.4 P = 0.001). Also, SA history was the first risk factor for RSA, so that individuals with SA history had higher RSA than individuals without SA history (IRR 3.1, 95 % CI, 2.8 to 3.3, P = 0.001). After SA history, psychological disorders were the most important risk factor for RSA (IRR 2.7, 95 % CI, 2.1 to 3.6, P = 0.001). Conclusions: Psychological disorders and SA history are the most important factors on RSA. Because of the high prevalence of psychological disorders in SA individuals than the normal population, it is necessary to present psychological and surveillance consultation to suicide attempters to decrease the number of SAs.

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Family History of Suicide Among Suicide Victims

Abstract: The rate of suicide was twice as high in families of suicide victims as in comparison families. A family history of suicide predicted suicide independent of severe mental disorder.

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Suicidal Ideation and Distress in Family Members Bereaved by Suicide in Portugal

Suicidal Ideation and Distress in Family Members Bereaved by Suicide in Portugal

Familial Transmission of Suicidal Behavior

Effective Factors in Recurrent Deliberate Self-Poisoning Attempts

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