| Attempted suicide among living co-twins of twin suicide victims. | |
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PMID: 7793447 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: The authors hypothesized that significantly more living monozygotic than dizygotic co-twins of twin suicide victims would themselves have attempted suicide. METHOD: They determined the absence or presence of an attempt at suicide at any time among 26 living monozygotic co-twins and nine living dizygotic co-twins of twins who had committed suicide. RESULTS: They found that 10 of the 26 surviving monozygotic co-twins but none of the nine surviving dizygotic co-twins had themselves attempted suicide. CONCLUSIONS: Although monozygotic and dizygotic twins may have some differing developmental experiences, these results contribute to findings of previous studies of suicide in twins in suggesting that genetic factors may play a role in suicidal behavior. |
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Authors:
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A Roy; N L Segal; M Sarchiapone |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The American journal of psychiatry Volume: 152 ISSN: 0002-953X ISO Abbreviation: Am J Psychiatry Publication Date: 1995 Jul |
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Created Date: 1995-07-26 Completed Date: 1995-07-26 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370512 Medline TA: Am J Psychiatry Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1075-6 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, USA. |
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Adolescent Adult Child Depressive Disorder / epidemiology, genetics Female Humans Male Mental Disorders / epidemiology, genetics Middle Aged Models, Genetic Risk Factors Suicide / statistics & numerical data* Suicide, Attempted / statistics & numerical data* Twins, Dizygotic* / genetics Twins, Monozygotic* / genetics |
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