@article{ref1,
title="A life-course study on effects of parental markers of morbidity and mortality on offspring's suicide attempt",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="2014",
author="Mittendorfer-Rutz, Ellenor and Rasmussen, T. and Lange, Thomas",
volume="60",
number="",
pages="S24-S24",
abstract="We investigated the temporal relationship of parental morbidity and mortality with offspring's suicide attempt and whether any such association was modified by offspring's age at attempt. We designed a matched case-control study through register linkage. Cases comprised all individuals in Sweden born 1973-1983 with inpatient care due to suicide attempt (15-31 years old, N = 15 193). Regression models were applied. Particularly for women, most parental markers showed the strongest effect sizes if exposure was short-term (within 2 years after exposure) and related to the mother. Regarding exposure to parental inpatient care due to psychiatric diagnoses, short-term as opposed to long-term (exceeding 2 years after exposure) effects were highest during adolescence and decreased significantly with age for female and male offspring, respectively. The results suggest that the high short-term risks of suicide attempt in case of exposure to parental psychopathology and suicidal behavior are of direct clinical importance.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.022"
}