Genetic Factors in Suicide: Family, Twin, and Adoption Studies (IN: Suicide Over the Life Cycle, ed. by S J Blumenthal and D J Kupfer)

Year: 1990 Source: Washington: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1990. p.127-133 SIEC No: 19910334

This article reviews a study which compares suicide among twins & adoptees. The authors also present evidence that serotonin deficiencies may be inherited. As well, they assert traits such as depression & impulsive behavior may have a genetic basis. (VM)

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Genetic Factors in Suicide: Family, Twin, and Adoption Studies (IN: Suicide Over the Life Cycle, ed. by S J Blumenthal and D J Kupfer)

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