Common genetic contributions to high-risk trauma exposure and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors.

CONCLUSIONS: Individuals engaging in NSSI are at increased risk for suicide, and common heritable factors contribute to these associations. Preventing trauma exposure may help to mitigate risk for self-harm and suicide, either directly or indirectly via reductions in liability to psychopathology more broadly. In addition, targeting pre-existing vulnerability factors could significantly reduce risk for life-threatening behaviors among those who have experienced trauma.
PMID: 29729685 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - May 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Richmond-Rakerd LS, Trull TJ, Gizer IR, McLaughlin K, Scheiderer EM, Nelson EC, Agrawal A, Lynskey MT, Madden PAF, Heath AC, Statham DJ, Martin NG Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research