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The Association of Genetic Predisposition to Depressive Symptoms with Non-suicidal and Suicidal Self-Injuries.

Behavior genetics | 2017

Non-suicidal and suicidal self-injury are very destructive, yet surprisingly common behaviours. Depressed mood is a major risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. We conducted a genetic risk prediction study to examine the polygenic overlap of depressive symptoms with lifetime NSSI, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in a sample of 6237 Australian adult twins and their family members (3740 females, mean age = 42.4 years). Polygenic risk scores for depressive symptoms significantly predicted suicidal ideation, and some predictive ability was found for suicide attempts; the polygenic risk scores explained a significant amount of variance in suicidal ideation (lowest p = 0.008, explained variance ranging from 0.10 to 0.16 %) and, less consistently, in suicide attempts (lowest p = 0.04, explained variance ranging from 0.12 to 0.23 %). Polygenic risk scores did not significantly predict NSSI. Results highlight that individuals genetically predisposed to depression are also more likely to experience suicidal ideation/behaviour, whereas we found no evidence that this is also the case for NSSI.

Pubmed ID: 27590903 RIS Download

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  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA007535
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA014041
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K05 AA017688
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P50 AA011998
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA007728
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA023668
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K21 DA000272
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA013326
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R56 DA012854
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA013321
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA018267
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 DA007261
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA012854
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA010249
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K08 DA019951
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37 AA007728
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA018660
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA013320

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