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Events or Stress and Suicide |
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| • | Life
events are more common in patients with mood |
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compared to healthy controls. |
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| • | Suicide
attempters are more hopeless and perceive fewer |
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for living given an equivalent number of life |
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compared with psychiatric controls. |
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| • | Life
events may trigger a suicide attempt in vulnerable |
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Serotonin transporter gene variant modulates |
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susceptibility to life events. |
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