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Familial Aggregation of Suicidal Behavior: A Family Study of Male Suicide Completers From the General Population

Kim, Caroline D., Seguin, Monique, Therrien, Nadia, Riopel, Geneviève, Chawky, Nadia, Lesage, Alain D., Turecki, G.·2005·American Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.1017
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OBJECTIVE: This study compared suicidality in families of adult male suicide completers and community comparison subjects. METHOD: Two hundred forty-seven relatives of 25 male suicide completers and 171 relatives of 25 matched comparison subjects were assessed for recurrent risk of suicidal and related behaviors. Analyses were performed on a subgroup of relatives of suicide completers with cluster B personality disorders. RESULTS: Relatives of suicide completers were over 10 times more likely than relatives of comparison subjects to attempt or complete suicide after the authors controlled for psychopathology. Relatives of suicide completers were not more likely to exhibit suicidal ideation but had more severe suicidal ideation than relatives of comparison subjects. These findings were stronger for the suicide completers diagnosed with cluster B personality disorders. CONCLUSIONS: Suicide has a familial component independent of psychopathology that may be mediated by a combination of factors, including more severe suicidal ideation and aggressive behavior.

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  • Convincing evidence for the heritability of suicidal behaviour has been provided in the past decade from large cohort studies, including evidence that suicide and suicide attempts are transmitted independently of psychopathologies.

    “convincing evidence for the heritability of suicidal behaviour has been provided only in the past decade from large cohort studies, including evidence that suicide and suicide attempts are transmitted independently of psychopathologies 31,32,34,35 .”

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  • Relatives of individuals who died by suicide are more likely to have increased impulsivity and aggression, and have an increased risk of suicidal behaviour compared to individuals without first-degree relatives who died by suicide.

    “relatives of individuals who died by suicide are more likely to have increased impulsivity and aggression, and have an increased risk of suicidal behaviour compared to individuals without first-degree relatves who died by suicide 32,35 .”

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Authors
Kim, C. D., Seguin, M., Therrien, N., Riopel, G., Chawky, N., Lesage, A. D., & Turecki, G.
Affiliations
Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
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Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Published
2005-05-01
Volume
162
Issue
5
Pages
1017-1019
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
DOI
10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.1017
OpenAlex
W2140981442
Cited by
178
References
3
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FWCI
9.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
suicide, familial aggregation, relatives of suicide victims, suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, cluster B personality disorders, aggression
MeSH terms
Adult, Aggression, Alcoholism, Child, Family, Humans, Male, Pedigree, Personality Disorders, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quebec, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Suicide, Comorbidity, Child of Impaired Parents, Substance-Related Disorders, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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