Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study

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Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study. / Sørensen, Holger; Mortensen, Erik Lykke; Wang, August; Juel, Knud; Silverton, Leigh; Mednick, Sarnoff.

In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 44, 2009, p. 748-51.

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Sørensen, H, Mortensen, EL, Wang, A, Juel, K, Silverton, L & Mednick, S 2009, 'Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 44, pp. 748-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0495-5

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Sørensen, H., Mortensen, E. L., Wang, A., Juel, K., Silverton, L., & Mednick, S. (2009). Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44, 748-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0495-5

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Sørensen H, Mortensen EL, Wang A, Juel K, Silverton L, Mednick S. Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2009;44:748-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0495-5

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Sørensen, Holger ; Mortensen, Erik Lykke ; Wang, August ; Juel, Knud ; Silverton, Leigh ; Mednick, Sarnoff. / Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study. In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2009 ; Vol. 44. pp. 748-51.

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title = "Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: A family history of completed suicide and psychiatric illness has been identified as risk factors for suicide. AIMS: To examine the risk of offspring suicide in relation to parental history of suicide and other parental risk factors. METHOD: The study population consisted of 7,177 adult offspring born 1959-1961 and their parents from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort. Cohort members and their parents who had committed suicide were identified in the Danish Causes of Death Registry (follow-up until December 31, 2005), while information on psychiatric hospitalisation history was obtained from the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register. RESULTS: Forty-eight cohort members, 77 mothers and 133 fathers had committed suicide during the follow-up. Independent of parental psychiatric illness and social status, parental suicide significantly increased suicide risk in offspring (hazard ratio 4.40 with 95% CI 1.81-10.69). A stronger effect of parental suicide was observed in offspring without a history of psychiatric hospitalisation. CONCLUSION: Parental history of suicide is a risk factor for suicide in offspring, but primarily in offspring without psychiatric hospitalisation.",
author = "Holger S{\o}rensen and Mortensen, {Erik Lykke} and August Wang and Knud Juel and Leigh Silverton and Sarnoff Mednick",
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T1 - Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring : A birth cohort study

AU - Sørensen, Holger

AU - Mortensen, Erik Lykke

AU - Wang, August

AU - Juel, Knud

AU - Silverton, Leigh

AU - Mednick, Sarnoff

PY - 2009

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N2 - BACKGROUND: A family history of completed suicide and psychiatric illness has been identified as risk factors for suicide. AIMS: To examine the risk of offspring suicide in relation to parental history of suicide and other parental risk factors. METHOD: The study population consisted of 7,177 adult offspring born 1959-1961 and their parents from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort. Cohort members and their parents who had committed suicide were identified in the Danish Causes of Death Registry (follow-up until December 31, 2005), while information on psychiatric hospitalisation history was obtained from the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register. RESULTS: Forty-eight cohort members, 77 mothers and 133 fathers had committed suicide during the follow-up. Independent of parental psychiatric illness and social status, parental suicide significantly increased suicide risk in offspring (hazard ratio 4.40 with 95% CI 1.81-10.69). A stronger effect of parental suicide was observed in offspring without a history of psychiatric hospitalisation. CONCLUSION: Parental history of suicide is a risk factor for suicide in offspring, but primarily in offspring without psychiatric hospitalisation.

AB - BACKGROUND: A family history of completed suicide and psychiatric illness has been identified as risk factors for suicide. AIMS: To examine the risk of offspring suicide in relation to parental history of suicide and other parental risk factors. METHOD: The study population consisted of 7,177 adult offspring born 1959-1961 and their parents from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort. Cohort members and their parents who had committed suicide were identified in the Danish Causes of Death Registry (follow-up until December 31, 2005), while information on psychiatric hospitalisation history was obtained from the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register. RESULTS: Forty-eight cohort members, 77 mothers and 133 fathers had committed suicide during the follow-up. Independent of parental psychiatric illness and social status, parental suicide significantly increased suicide risk in offspring (hazard ratio 4.40 with 95% CI 1.81-10.69). A stronger effect of parental suicide was observed in offspring without a history of psychiatric hospitalisation. CONCLUSION: Parental history of suicide is a risk factor for suicide in offspring, but primarily in offspring without psychiatric hospitalisation.

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DO - 10.1007/s00127-009-0495-5

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JO - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

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