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Family history of completed suicide and characteristics of major depressive disorder: a STAR*D (sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression) study.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 May 2008
Nierenberg Andrew A, Alpert Jonathan E, Gaynes Bradley N, Warden Diane, Wisniewski Stephen R, Biggs Melanie M, Trivedi Madhukar H, Barkin Jennifer L, Rush A John
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Clinicians routinely ask patients with non-psychotic major depressive disorder (MDD) about their family history of suicide. It is unknown, however, whether patients with a family member who committed suicide differ from those without such a history. METHODS: Patients were recruited for the STAR*D multicenter trial. At baseline, patients were asked to report first-degree relatives who had died from...
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