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Genetic Factors in Depression and Suicide

Not all depressed patients attempt suicide, and not all suicidal persons are depressed. Genetic investigations have tried to determine whether suicide has a biological basis independent of depression. Such an approach illustrates some of the important theoretical and practical complexities in the area of psychiatric genetics.

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