Alterations in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Myoinositol and Aggression in Veterans with Suicidal Behavior: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death and is a significant public health issue in the United States (CDC,  2015). Suicide is also prevalent among veterans with an average of 18 individuals dying by suicide every day in the United States, which is approximately 18% of suicides in individuals 18 or older (Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009). The high rate of suicide among veterans coupled with limite d number of pharmacological treatments highlight the fact that there is an urgent need to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of suicide in veterans, with the overall goal of identifying objective biomarkers of suicide.
Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research