Suicide occurs more often in older than in younger people, but is still one of the leading
causes of death in late childhood and adolescence worldwide. This not only results in a …

Objective To assess whether lithium has a specific preventive effect for suicide and self harm
in people with unipolar and bipolar mood disorders. Design Systematic review and meta …

Mental disorders are among the strongest predictors of suicide attempts. However, little is
known regarding which disorders that are uniquely associated with suicidal behavior …

Most mental disorders, when examined independently, are associated with an elevated risk
for suicide attempt. However, mental disorders often co-occur, and that co-occurrence is well …

Given that natural selection is so powerful at optimizing complex adaptations, why does it
seem unable to eliminate genes (susceptibility alleles) that predispose to common, harmful …

Abstract Eleven studies (N= 2,254; 2 preregistered) examined whether ostracism would
trigger suicidal thoughts and whether perceived meaning in life would account for this effect …

Maniglio R. The role of child sexual abuse in the etiology of suicide and nonsuicidal self
injury. Objective: To address the best available scientific evidence on the role of child sexual …

Gene–environmental interaction (G× E) between a common functional polymorphism in the
promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) and environmental adversity on …

Objectives: Convergent evidence from a multitude of research designs (adoption, family,
genomescan, geographical, immigrant, molecular genetic, surname, and twin studies of …

Childhood trauma is associated with hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis
dysregulation and is a known risk factor for suicidal behavior. In this study we sought to …