Familial Factors in Suicidal Behaviors

Editors

Claire M. Renzetti; Jeffrey L. Edleson

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

6-19-2008

Publication Title

Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Inc

Publisher Location

Thousand Oak, CA

First page number:

698

Last page number:

699

Abstract

Familial factors related to suicide can be categorized as environmental, heritable (genetic), and interactions of the two. Many familial risk and protective factors in suicide are interrelated, and it is difficult to determine whether a trait is directly associated with suicide and what proportion of that trait is heritable. Research in this area is ongoing, and knowledge is evolving rapidly.

Keywords

Genetics; Suicide; Suicide—Prevention; Suicide victims; Suicide victims--Family relationships

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Genetics | Medicine and Health | Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry and Psychology | Public Health

Language

English

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