The Biological Signature(s) of Suicide

Suicide and suicidal behaviors are complex public health problems of global dimension that strongly associate with psychopathology. Biological factors, such as genetic, epigenetic, inflammatory and hormonal factors, among others, likely contribute to individual risk, either increasing predisposition or contributing to a suicidal event. This session will discuss recent progress on the neurobiology of suicide focusing on genomic discoveries. Gustavo Turecki will discuss recent data from his lab produced using single-cell genomic tools to understand changes occurring in the prefrontal cortex of individuals who died by suicide.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: SPECIAL SESSION Source Type: research