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Biochemical Studies of Suicide

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Application of Basic Neuroscience to Child Psychiatry

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The incidence of suicide in adolescents has been increasing, making it more and more important to arrive at an accurate diagnosis and to mount effective prevention programs.1 Efforts to construct a behavior profile that predicts risk of attempted or completed suicide have been unsuccessful. Only weak correlations exist at present between suicide and types of premorbid behavior. Current profiles of the child at suicide risk turn up many false-positive results,2 suggesting that available models have low specificity.

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