RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Suicide risk in Huntington's disease.
JF Journal of Medical Genetics
JO J Med Genet
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 293
OP 295
DO 10.1136/jmg.30.4.293
VO 30
IS 4
A1 L Di Maio
A1 F Squitieri
A1 G Napolitano
A1 G Campanella
A1 J A Trofatter
A1 P M Conneally
YR 1993
UL http://jmg.bmj.com/content/30/4/293.abstract
AB In order to evaluate the relevance of suicide risk in families affected by Huntington's disease (HD), 2793 subjects registered with the National Huntington's Disease Research Roster were studied. Suicide was the reported cause of death in 205 subjects (7.3%). This group included affected and possibly affected subjects, subjects at 50% and 25% risk, possibly at risk subjects, and normal relatives. In all categories suicide was more frequent than in the general US population. The data suggest that suicide is quite frequent in some families with HD. This increased suicide risk must be carefully considered in planning genetic counselling for predictive testing in HD.