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Childhood trauma, life-time self-harm, and suicidal behaviour and ideation are associated with polygenic scores for autism.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 May 2021
Warrier Varun, Baron-Cohen Simon
Abstract excerpt
Autistic individuals experience significantly elevated rates of childhood trauma, self-harm and suicidal behaviour and ideation (SSBI). Is this purely the result of negative environmental experiences, or does this interact with genetic predisposition? In this study we investigated if a genetic predisposition for autism is associated with childhood trauma using polygenic scores (PGS) and genetic correlations in...
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