Abstract

Repeated Measures of Platelet MAO Activity and 5-HT in a Group of Suicidal Women

Van Kempen G M J~~Notten P~~et al

Year: 1992 Source: Biological Psychiatry, v.31, no.5, (March 1992), p.529-530 SIEC No: 19920803

The whole blood serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)) & monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity in 9 female chronically suicidal outpatients was measured. Subjects were referred for a biweekly group training course aimed at modifying depressive & suicidal cognitions & behaviour. Data confirm that platelet MAO activity behaved as a trait marker & 5-HT behaved as a state marker in these moderately depressed subjects. (6 refs.)