Genetics of Suicide: An Overview

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Baldessarini, Ross J ^a   Hennen, John ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adoption; Attempts; Family studies; Genetics; Mood disorders; Serotonin; Suicide; Twins

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADOPTION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOPTION; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TWINS;

EID: 1542335777     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490425915     Document Type: Review

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