Suicidal behavior: Is there a genetic predisposition?

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 335-349

  Turecki, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Association studies; Familial aggregation; Genetics; Major depression; Suicidal behavior; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0035685538     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2001.30608.x     Document Type: Review

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