Preliminary Evidence That the Short Allele of 5-HTTLPR Moderates the Association of Psychiatric Symptom Severity on Suicide Attempt

This study provides preliminary evidence for the gene-by-stress interaction on suicide attempt when stress is operationalized as symptom severity. Progress in suicide research may come from efforts to investigate the gene-by-symptoms interaction hypothesis in a variety of diseases

5-HTTLPR · Distress · Medical emergency · Odds ratio · Poison control · Psychiatry · Risk factor · Serotonin transporter · Stressor · Suicide attempt · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Tryptophan and brain disorders · Internal Medicine

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