2024
Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk
Stein M, Jain S, Papini S, Campbell-Sills L, Choi K, Martis B, Sun X, He F, Ware E, Naifeh J, Aliaga P, Ge T, Consortium F, Workgroup F, Program F, Consortium F, Smoller J, Gelernter J, Kessler R, Ursano R. Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 351: 671-682. PMID: 38309480, PMCID: PMC11259154, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of Major Depressive DisorderMajor depressive disorderNon-suicidal self-injuryLifetime non-suicidal self-injuryHistory of SAAssociated with lifetime SAParental historyMultivariate modelLifetime SASuicide attemptsParental major depressive disorderAssociated with non-suicidal self-injuryAssociated with lifetime suicide attemptsLifetime suicide attemptsClinical decision-makingDepressive disorderGWA studiesPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreCohortEuropean ancestrySelf-injuryParental SAGenetic liabilityCombined analysis
2022
Genetic liability to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and risk of suicide attempt in US military veterans: moderating effects of cumulative trauma burden
Nichter B, Koller D, De Angelis F, Wang J, Girgenti M, Na P, Hill M, Norman S, Krystal J, Gelernter J, Polimanti R, Pietrzak R. Genetic liability to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and risk of suicide attempt in US military veterans: moderating effects of cumulative trauma burden. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 6325-6333. PMID: 36444557, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722003646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenic risk scoresUS military veteransLifetime suicide attemptsSuicide attemptsTrauma exposureTrauma burdenGenetic liabilityMilitary veteransDrug repurposing analysisPopulation-based sampleCumulative trauma exposureLifetime trauma exposureLow trauma exposureSuicide prediction modelsChronic inflammationInflammatory processNervous system developmentRisk scorePsychiatric characteristicsSuicidal behaviorExposure interactionsLarge genome-wide association studiesHigh levelsVeteransSuicidality
2021
Polygenic risk for major depression is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of personal and parental history of major depression
Stein MB, Jain S, Campbell‐Sills L, Ware EB, Choi KW, He F, Ge T, Gelernter J, Smoller JW, Kessler RC, Ursano RJ. Polygenic risk for major depression is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of personal and parental history of major depression. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2021, 186: 469-475. PMID: 34288400, PMCID: PMC8692314, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32868.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderLifetime suicide attemptsParental historySuicide attemptsMajor depressionMDD-PRSMultivariable modelLifetime historyMajor public health problemIncident suicide attemptsPolygenic riskPublic health problemUS Army soldiersRisk stratificationDepressive disorderPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreSecond cohortHealth problemsCommon genetic variantsFirst cohortPersonal historyCohortGenetic variantsArmy soldiers