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Thursday, September 03, 2015
Biomarkers and Questionnaires Predict Suicide Risk
By combining measures of genetic activity with app-based questionnaires, researchers from the National Institute of Health in the US have made progress in predicting which patients might be likely to attempt suicide. Because the team studied only male psychiatric patients, further research will be needed to understand how well this approach can predict suicidal thoughts and behaviors in other populations, such as women and those who aren’t psychiatric patients.
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