Premium
Suicide on the paternal and maternal sides of depressed patients with a lifetime history of attempted suicide
Author(s) -
Papadimitriou G. N.,
Linkowski P.,
Delarbre C.,
Mendlewicz J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb05567.x
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , suicide attempt , injury prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , medicine , family history , psychology , medical emergency , demography , genetics , biology , pathology , sociology , gene
The computational model of Slater, based on the analysis of ancestral secondary cases on the paternal and maternal sides of the subjects, was applied to depressed patients with a lifetime history of attempted suicide, either violent or nonviolent, in order to investigate possible modes of transmission of suicidal behavior. Among 549 patients, 15 had 2 or more ascendant first‐ and second‐degree relatives who committed suicide. The results of the distribution of these cases were compatible with polygenic inheritance of suicidal behavior in depressed patients with a history of attempted suicide. In patients using violent methods, a significantly greater loading of ancestral secondary cases of suicide was observed on the maternal side and, in the nonviolent attempter group, on the paternal side.