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| — | blog:bpaddock:a_blood_test_for_suicide [2014/08/03 11:53] (current) – Created A blood test for suicde page. bpaddock |
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| | ====== A blood test for suicide? ====== |
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| | [[http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org|Johns Hopkins]] researchers say they have discovered a chemical alteration in a single human gene linked to stress reactions that, if confirmed in larger studies, could give doctors a [[http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/a_blood_test_for_suicide|simple blood test to reliably predict a person's risk of attempting suicide]]. |
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| | //[[http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=1892819&resultClick=24|Identification and Replication of a Combined Epigenetic and Genetic Biomarker Predicting Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors]]// -- |
| | [[http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org|The American Journal of Psychiatry]]. |
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| | Would this have helped Karen? When would such test be done? What happens when the results are positive? What happens when the results are a false positive? What happens when the results are negative and there is a suicide? Paper is behind a paywall so a trip to the [[http://www.franklinlibrary.org|library]] is required to get those answers, if they are answered in the paper. |
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| | {{tag>John Hopkins Medicine Suicide Blood Test}} |
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| | ~~DISCUSSION~~ |
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