a recent study has shown some genetic basis for suicide attempts.
“We’re hoping our findings will eventually lead to tests that can identify those at high risk for attempting suicide,” says Virginia Willour, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and lead author of the study. An estimated 4.6 percent of Americans ages 15 to 54 have tried to take their lives, according to Willour.
these tests might be interesting. imagine a 10 year old kid turning up a positive. what treatment would you give? remember, this is just attempts at suicide. regular readers will know by now that less than 1 in a 1000 attempts actually succeed, a pretty low proportion given that the objective is actually pretty easily achieved.
