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Life-time adversities, reported thirteen years after a suicide attempt: relationship to recovery, 5HTTLPR genotype, and past and present morbidity.

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Summary, in English

In this study, we investigated how adversities related to past and present morbidity, and genotype. Forty-two, suicide attempters and 22 matched control patients were followed-up after 13 years. Life-time adversities were explored in an interview, and the patients were reassessed psychiatrically. The serotonin-transporter-linked promotor region (5-HTTLPR) was typed. More adversities were reported by suicide attempters than controls, and by still-ill than recovered suicide attempters. Adversities reported at follow-up were related to psychiatric morbidity at follow-up, but not to morbidity 13 years earlier. The 5-HTTLPR, genotype was associated with reported adversities, but not chances of recovery. Adversities potentially affected chronic morbidity. 5-HTTLPR genotype did not affect long-term recovery.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

214-229

Publication/Series

Archives of Suicide Research

Volume

13

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Psychiatry

Keywords

  • outcome
  • life-events
  • follow-up
  • gene
  • self-harm
  • suicide

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1543-6136