People with tic disorders at increased suicide risk

(Elsevier) People with Tourette's disorder or chronic tic disorder are over four times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry. Dr. David Mataix-Cols of Karolinska Institute, Sweden, led the study of the largest group of patients with tic disorders in the world.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news