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Bayrhammer-Savel M, Ortner M, Van Hout MC, Komorowski A. Psychiatric and legal considerations for ketamine treatment within prison settings. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1316108. [PMID: 38699451 PMCID: PMC11063772 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1316108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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The fundamental right to equivalence of health care in prison settings encompasses the provision of medication to address mental health conditions. Considering the increased risk for self-harm among individuals dealing with depression, the limited effectiveness of conservative antidepressants is a major challenge in psychiatry. The high prevalence of suicidal tendencies within prison populations underscores the imperative for state-of-the-art pharmacological treatment to uphold adequate health care standards. Notably, the denial of access to effective medication could be deemed a violation of human rights of people living in prison according to international treaties, domestic law, and United Nations normative standards of detention. This article presents the authors' perspective on the accessibility of ketamine treatment in prison settings, discussing psychiatric and legal considerations as well as current challenges in this context. Implementing novel psychopharmacological interventions may alleviate the distress experienced by individuals struggling with depressive symptoms and suicidality. At the same time, unprecedented treatment alternatives bring along potential issues, including limited understanding of long-term effects and the risk of abuse. Given the scarce data-availability, a pressing need exists for further research on the benefits and risks of ketamine treatment within prison populations.
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- Central Public Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Stein MB, Jain S, Papini S, Campbell-Sills L, Choi KW, Martis B, Sun X, He F, Ware EB, Naifeh JA, Aliaga PA, Ge T, Smoller JW, Gelernter J, Kessler RC, Ursano RJ. Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk. J Affect Disord 2024; 351:671-682. [PMID: 38309480 PMCID: PMC11259154 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Whereas some studies have suggested that a direct measure of common genetic liability for suicide attempts (SA), captured by a polygenic risk score for SA (SA-PRS), explains risk independent of parental history, further confirmation would be useful. Even more unsettled is the extent to which SA-PRS is associated with lifetime non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). METHODS We used summary statistics from the largest available GWAS study of SA to generate SA-PRS for two non-overlapping cohorts of soldiers of European ancestry. These were tested in multivariable models that included parental major depressive disorder (MDD) and parental SA. RESULTS In the first cohort, 417 (6.3 %) of 6573 soldiers reported lifetime SA and 1195 (18.2 %) reported lifetime NSSI. In a multivariable model that included parental history of MDD and parental history of SA, SA-PRS remained significantly associated with lifetime SA [aOR = 1.26, 95%CI:1.13-1.39, p < 0.001] per standardized unit SA-PRS]. In the second cohort, 204 (4.2 %) of 4900 soldiers reported lifetime SA, and 299 (6.1 %) reported lifetime NSSI. In a multivariable model that included parental history of MDD and parental history of SA, SA-PRS remained significantly associated with lifetime SA [aOR = 1.20, 95%CI:1.04-1.38, p = 0.014]. A combined analysis of both cohorts yielded similar results. In neither cohort or in the combined analysis was SA-PRS significantly associated with NSSI. CONCLUSIONS PRS for SA conveys information about likelihood of lifetime SA (but not NSSI, demonstrating specificity), independent of self-reported parental history of MDD and parental history of SA. LIMITATIONS At present, the magnitude of effects is small and would not be immediately useful for clinical decision-making or risk-stratified prevention initiatives, but this may be expected to improve with further iterations. Also critical will be the extension of these findings to more diverse populations.
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- Murray B Stein
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA; Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Genetics, and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Edwards AC, Ohlsson H, Mościcki EK, Sundquist J, Crump C, Kendler KS, Sundquist K. Genetic differences between suicide deaths and deaths of undetermined intent. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2023; 53:100-109. [PMID: 36314433 PMCID: PMC9908835 DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Few, if any, prior studies have considered whether undetermined intent (UDI) deaths and suicide deaths differ with respect to genetic liability for suicidal behavior or psychopathology. METHODS The authors used Swedish national registry data to identify suicide deaths (N = 31,835) and UDI deaths (N = 10,623); sociodemographic covariates; and registrations for psychopathology. Family genetic risk scores (FGRS) were derived for each form of psychopathology. The authors used LASSO models to assess genetic and phenotypic differences across outcomes. RESULTS In the multivariate LASSO regressions, higher FGRS for major depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide death were associated with lower odds of UDI relative to unambiguous suicide (OR = 0.91-0.95), while those for alcohol and drug use disorders, ADHD, and criminal behavior were associated with higher odds of UDI relative to unambiguous suicide (OR = 1.04-1.12). When the corresponding phenotypic registration status for these outcomes was included in a subsequent model, the associations were attenuated and of small magnitude, but many remained different from OR = 1. CONCLUSIONS Aggregate genetic differences between unambiguous suicide decedents and UDI deaths are small, particularly when accounting for psychiatric comorbidity, but in some cases, statistically significant. These findings suggest that different analytic treatment of UDI deaths may be warranted depending on the research question. Replication in other samples, and using molecular genetic data, is necessary.
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- Alexis C. Edwards
- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, US
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- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden,Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, US
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Fanelli G, Sokolowski M, Wasserman D, Kasper S, Zohar J, Souery D, Montgomery S, Albani D, Forloni G, Ferentinos P, Rujescu D, Mendlewicz J, De Ronchi D, Serretti A, Fabbri C. Polygenic risk scores for neuropsychiatric, inflammatory, and cardio-metabolic traits highlight possible genetic overlap with suicide attempt and treatment-emergent suicidal ideation. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2022; 189:74-85. [PMID: 35191176 PMCID: PMC9305542 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Suicide is the second cause of death among youths. Genetics may contribute to suicidal phenotypes and their co-occurrence in other neuropsychiatric and medical conditions. Our study aimed to investigate the association of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for 24 neuropsychiatric, inflammatory, and cardio-metabolic traits/diseases with suicide attempt (SA) or treatment-worsening/emergent suicidal ideation (TWESI). PRSs were computed based on summary statistics of genome-wide association studies. Regression analyses were performed between PRSs and SA or TWESI in four clinical cohorts. Results were then meta-analyzed across samples, including a total of 688 patients with SA (Neff = 2,258) and 214 with TWESI (Neff = 785). Stratified genetic covariance analyses were performed to investigate functionally cross-phenotype PRS associations. After Bonferroni correction, PRS for major depressive disorder (MDD) was associated with SA (OR = 1.24; 95% CI = 1.11-1.38; p = 1.73 × 10-4 ). Nominal associations were shown between PRSs for coronary artery disease (CAD) (p = 4.6 × 10-3 ), loneliness (p = .009), or chronic pain (p = .016) and SA, PRSs for MDD or CAD and TWESI (p = .043 and p = .032, respectively). Genetic covariance between MDD and SA was shown in 86 gene sets related to drugs having antisuicidal effects. A higher genetic liability for MDD may underlie a higher SA risk. Further, but milder, possible modulatory factors are genetic risk for loneliness and CAD.
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- Giuseppe Fanelli
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly,Department of Human GeneticsRadboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill‐Health (NASP)Karolinska InstituteStockholmSweden
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill‐Health (NASP)Karolinska InstituteStockholmSweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of PsychiatrySheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv UniversityTel HashomerIsrael
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie MédicaleUniversité Libre de Bruxelles and Psy Pluriel, Centre Européen de Psychologie MédicaleBrusselsBelgium
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- Laboratory of Biology of Neurodegenerative DisordersDepartment of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCSMilanItaly
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- Laboratory of Biology of Neurodegenerative DisordersDepartment of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCSMilanItaly
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- University Clinic for PsychiatryPsychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Martin‐Luther‐University, Halle‐WittenbergGermany
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly,Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry CentreInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
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