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Hoptman MJ, Evans KT, Parincu Z, Sparpana AM, Sullivan EF, Ahmed AO, Iosifescu DV. Emotion-related impulsivity and suicidal ideation and behavior in schizophrenia spectrum disorder: a pilot fMRI study. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1408083. [PMID: 38988737 PMCID: PMC11234166 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1408083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Introduction Suicidal ideation and behavior (SIB) are serious problems in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Nevertheless, relatively little is known about the circuitry underlying SIB in SSD. Recently, we showed that elevated emotional impulsivity (urgency) was associated with SIB in SSD. Here we examined brain activity in people with SSD and elevated SIB. Methods We tested 16 people with SSD who had low SIB and 14 people with high SIB on a task in which emotion regulation in response to affective pictures was implicitly manipulated using spoken sentences. Thus, there were neutral pictures preceded by neutral statements (NeutNeut condition), as well as negative pictures preceded by either negative (NegNeg) or neutral (NeutNeg) statements. After each picture, participants rated how unpleasant each picture was for them. The latter two conditions were compared to the NeutNeut condition. We compared the emotion-regulated condition (NeutNeg) to the unregulated condition (NeutNeut). Statistics were threshold using threshold free cluster enhancement (TFCE). Results People in the low SIB group showed higher activation in this contrast in medial frontal gyrus, right rostral anterior cingulate, bilateral superior frontal gyrus/DLPFC, and right middle cingulate gyrus, as well as right superior temporal gyrus. Discussion This study provides clues to the neural basis of SIB in SSD as well as underlying mechanisms.
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- Matthew J Hoptman
- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, United States
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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Meda N, Miola A, Cattarinussi G, Sambataro F. Whole-brain structural and functional neuroimaging of individuals who attempted suicide and people who did not: A systematic review and exploratory coordinate-based meta-analysis. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2024; 79:66-77. [PMID: 38237538 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
Abstract
Suicide is the cause of death of approximately 800,000 people a year. Despite the relevance of this behaviour, risk assessment tools rely on clinician experience and subjective ratings. Given that previous suicide attempts are the single strongest predictors of future attempts, we designed a systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis to demonstrate whether neuroimaging features can help distinguish individuals who attempted suicide from subjects who did not. Out of 5,659 publications from PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, we summarised 102 experiments and meta-analysed 23 of them. A cluster in the right superior temporal gyrus, a region implicated in emotional processing, might be functionally hyperactive in individuals who attempted suicide. No statistically significant differences in brain morphometry were evidenced. Furthermore, we used JuSpace to show that this cluster is enriched in 5-HT1A heteroreceptors in the general population. This exploratory meta-analysis provides a putative neural substrate linked to previous suicide attempts. Heterogeneity in the analytical techniques and weak or absent power analysis of the studies included in this review currently limit the applicability of the findings, the replication of which should be prioritised.
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- Nicola Meda
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 3, Padua, Italy; Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 3, Padua, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padua, Italy; Casa di Cura Parco dei Tigli, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 3, Padua, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 3, Padua, Italy; Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
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Yin Y, Tong J, Huang J, Tian B, Chen S, Tan S, Wang Z, Yang F, Tong Y, Fan F, Kochunov P, Jahanshad N, Li CSR, Hong LE, Tan Y. History of suicide attempts associated with the thinning right superior temporal gyrus among individuals with schizophrenia. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:1893-1901. [PMID: 35545740 PMCID: PMC10025969 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00624-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Individuals with schizophrenia have higher rates of suicide attempts than the general population. Specific cortical abnormalities (e.g., the cortical surface area and thickness) may be associated with a history of suicide attempts. We recruited 74 individuals with schizophrenia (37 suicide attempters were individually matched with 37 non-attempters on age, sex, phase of illness, and study center) and 37 healthy volunteers. The cortical surface area and thickness data were extracted from structural MRI and compared between the groups. Suicide attempters showed significantly smaller surface areas in the whole brain (p = .028, Cohen's d = -0.54) than non-attempters. No association was found between the cortical surface area of individual brain regions and a history of suicide attempts. The mean cortical thickness did not differ significantly between the groups; however, suicide attempters demonstrated a thinner cortex in the right superior temporal gyrus (p < .001, q = 0.037, Cohen's d = -0.88). These findings indicate that a history of suicide attempts among individuals with schizophrenia is associated with a reduction in the global cortical surface area and specific cortical thinning of the right superior temporal gyrus. The morphometric alteration of the right superior temporal gyrus may represent a biomarker of suicidal behavior in individuals with schizophrenia.
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- Yi Yin
- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Overs BJ, Roberts G, Ridgway K, Toma C, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Wilcox HC, Hulvershorn LA, Nurnberger JI, Schofield PR, Mitchell PB, Fullerton JM. Effects of polygenic risk for suicide attempt and risky behavior on brain structure in young people with familial risk of bipolar disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2021; 186:485-507. [PMID: 34726322 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with a 20-30-fold increased suicide risk compared to the general population. First-degree relatives of BD patients show inflated rates of psychopathology including suicidal behaviors. As reliable biomarkers of suicide attempts (SA) are lacking, we examined associations between suicide-related polygenic risk scores (PRSs)-a quantitative index of genomic risk-and variability in brain structures implicated in SA. Participants (n = 206; aged 12-30 years) were unrelated individuals of European ancestry and comprised three groups: 41 BD cases, 96 BD relatives ("high risk"), and 69 controls. Genotyping employed PsychArray, followed by imputation. Three PRSs were computed using genome-wide association data for SA in BD (SA-in-BD), SA in major depressive disorder (SA-in-MDD) (Mullins et al., 2019, The American Journal of Psychiatry, 176(8), 651-660), and risky behavior (Karlsson Linnér et al., 2019, Nature Genetics, 51(2), 245-257). Structural magnetic resonance imaging processing employed FreeSurfer v5.3.0. General linear models were constructed using 32 regions-of-interest identified from suicide neuroimaging literature, with false-discovery-rate correction. SA-in-MDD and SA-in-BD PRSs negatively predicted parahippocampal thickness, with the latter association modified by group membership. SA-in-BD and Risky Behavior PRSs inversely predicted rostral and caudal anterior cingulate structure, respectively, with the latter effect driven by the "high risk" group. SA-in-MDD and SA-in-BD PRSs positively predicted cuneus structure, irrespective of group. This study demonstrated associations between PRSs for suicide-related phenotypes and structural variability in brain regions implicated in SA. Future exploration of extended PRSs, in conjunction with a range of biological, phenotypic, environmental, and experiential data in high risk populations, may inform predictive models for suicidal behaviors.
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- Bronwyn J Overs
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa," Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- Child Psychiatry and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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Bohaterewicz B, Sobczak AM, Krześniak A, Mętel D, Adamczyk P. On the relation of gyrification and cortical thickness alterations to the suicidal risk and mental pain in chronic schizophrenia outpatients. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2021; 316:111343. [PMID: 34399285 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Bartosz Bohaterewicz
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Department of Psychology of Individual Differences, Psychological Diagnosis, and Psychometrics, Institute of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Campos AI, Thompson PM, Veltman DJ, Pozzi E, van Veltzen LS, Jahanshad N, Adams MJ, Baune BT, Berger K, Brosch K, Bülow R, Connolly CG, Dannlowski U, Davey CG, de Zubicaray GI, Dima D, Erwin-Grabner T, Evans JW, Fu CHY, Gotlib IH, Goya-Maldonado R, Grabe HJ, Grotegerd D, Harris MA, Harrison BJ, Hatton SN, Hermesdorf M, Hickie IB, Ho TC, Kircher T, Krug A, Lagopoulos J, Lemke H, McMahon K, MacMaster FP, Martin NG, McIntosh AM, Medland SE, Meinert S, Meller T, Nenadic I, Opel N, Redlich R, Reneman L, Repple J, Sacchet MD, Schmitt S, Schrantee A, Sim K, Singh A, Stein F, Strike LT, van der Wee NJA, van der Werff SJA, Völzke H, Waltemate L, Whalley HC, Wittfeld K, Wright MJ, Yang TT, Zarate CA, Schmaal L, Rentería ME. Brain Correlates of Suicide Attempt in 18,925 Participants Across 18 International Cohorts. Biol Psychiatry 2021; 90:243-252. [PMID: 34172278 PMCID: PMC8324512 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neuroimaging studies of suicidal behavior have so far been conducted in small samples, prone to biases and false-positive associations, yielding inconsistent results. The ENIGMA-MDD Working Group aims to address the issues of poor replicability and comparability by coordinating harmonized analyses across neuroimaging studies of major depressive disorder and related phenotypes, including suicidal behavior. METHODS Here, we pooled data from 18 international cohorts with neuroimaging and clinical measurements in 18,925 participants (12,477 healthy control subjects and 6448 people with depression, of whom 694 had attempted suicide). We compared regional cortical thickness and surface area and measures of subcortical, lateral ventricular, and intracranial volumes between suicide attempters, clinical control subjects (nonattempters with depression), and healthy control subjects. RESULTS We identified 25 regions of interest with statistically significant (false discovery rate < .05) differences between groups. Post hoc examinations identified neuroimaging markers associated with suicide attempt including smaller volumes of the left and right thalamus and the right pallidum and lower surface area of the left inferior parietal lobe. CONCLUSIONS This study addresses the lack of replicability and consistency in several previously published neuroimaging studies of suicide attempt and further demonstrates the need for well-powered samples and collaborative efforts. Our results highlight the potential involvement of the thalamus, a structure viewed historically as a passive gateway in the brain, and the pallidum, a region linked to reward response and positive affect. Future functional and connectivity studies of suicidal behaviors may focus on understanding how these regions relate to the neurobiological mechanisms of suicide attempt risk.
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- Adrian I Campos
- Genetic Epidemiology Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark & Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, California
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark & Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, California
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Centre for Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; School of Psychology, University of East London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry & Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia; Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Herston Imaging Research Facility & School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Strategic Clinical Network for Addictions and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Genetic Epidemiology Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Psychiatric Genetics Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Austalia; School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- West Region, Institute of Mental Health, Buangkok View, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry & Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, Australia.
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- Genetic Epidemiology Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Girgis RR, Basavaraju R, France J, Wall MM, Brucato G, Lieberman JA, Provenzano FA. An exploratory magnetic resonance imaging study of suicidal ideation in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2021; 312:111287. [PMID: 33848727 PMCID: PMC8137659 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111287] [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: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Suicide is a major cause of death in psychosis and associated with significant morbidity. Suicidal ideation (SI) is very common in those at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR) and predicts later suicide. Despite substantial work on the pathobiology of suicide in schizophrenia, little is known of its neurobiological underpinnings in the CHR or putatively prodromal state. Therefore, in this pilot study, we examined the neurobiology of SI in CHR individuals using structural MRI. Subjects were aged 14-30 and met criteria for the Attenuated Positive Symptom Psychosis-Risk Syndrome (APSS) delineated in the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS). Suicidality was assessed using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Volumetric MRI scans were obtained on a 3T Phillips scanner. MRI data were available for 69 individuals (19 CHR without SI, 31 CHR with SI and 19 healthy control subjects). CHR individuals with SI had thicker middle temporal and right insular cortices than CHR individuals without SI and healthy control subjects. The location of these findings is consistent with neurobiological findings regarding suicide in syndromal psychosis. These findings underscore the potential for the use of brain imaging biomarkers of suicide risk in CHR individuals.
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- Ragy R Girgis
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
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- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
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- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
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- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
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- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
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- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
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- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
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Sarkinaite M, Gleizniene R, Adomaitiene V, Dambrauskiene K, Raskauskiene N, Steibliene V. Volumetric MRI Analysis of Brain Structures in Patients with History of First and Repeated Suicide Attempts: A Cross Sectional Study. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11030488. [PMID: 33801896 PMCID: PMC8000590 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11030488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Structural brain changes are found in suicide attempters and in patients with mental disorders. It remains unclear whether the suicidal behaviors are related to atrophy of brain regions and how the morphology of specific brain areas is changing with each suicide attempt. The sample consisted of 56 patients hospitalized after first suicide attempt (first SA) (n = 29), more than one suicide attempt (SA > 1) (n = 27) and 54 healthy controls (HC). Brain volume was measured using FreeSurfer 6.0 automatic segmentation technique. In comparison to HC, patients with first SA had significantly lower cortical thickness of the superior and rostral middle frontal areas, the inferior, middle and superior temporal areas of the left hemisphere and superior frontal area of the right hemisphere. In comparison to HC, patients after SA > 1 had a significantly lower cortical thickness in ten areas of frontal cortex of the left hemisphere and seven areas of the right hemisphere. The comparison of hippocampus volume showed a significantly lower mean volume of left and right parts in patients with SA > 1, but not in patients with first SA. The atrophy of frontal, temporal cortex and hippocampus parts was significantly higher in repeated suicide attempters than in patients with first suicide attempt.
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- Milda Sarkinaite
- Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +370-67876580
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- Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania;
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- Psychiatry Clinic of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (V.A.); (K.D.); (V.S.)
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- Psychiatry Clinic of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (V.A.); (K.D.); (V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Behavioural Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania;
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- Psychiatry Clinic of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (V.A.); (K.D.); (V.S.)
- Laboratory of Behavioural Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania;
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Moreno-Calvete MC, Ballesteros-Rodriguez FJ. Non-pharmacological strategies for self-directed and interpersonal violence in people with severe mental illness: a rapid overview of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e043576. [PMID: 33431494 PMCID: PMC7802727 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Self-directed and interpersonal violence among people with severe mental illness has become a health priority. Though non-pharmacological interventions have been investigated, to our knowledge, no summary of all systematic reviews on this topic has been reported. We will conduct a rapid overview of reviews to synthesise evidence available by identifying systematic reviews on non-pharmacological interventions for self-directed or interpersonal violence in people with severe mental illness. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a protocol for a rapid overview of reviews. The overview will include any systematic reviews (with or without meta-analyses) of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or cluster RCTs that examine the effect of non-pharmacological interventions on self-directed or interpersonal violence in people with severe mental illness. This protocol applies the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) Protocols, the criteria for conducting overviews of reviews in the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the criteria for the Cochrane Rapid Reviews. To identify studies, a search will be performed in the following databases: PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, LILACS, SciELO, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews through the Cochrane Library and the Epistemonikos database of systematic reviews. The searches date from inception to September 2020. The study selection process will be described using a PRISMA flow diagram, we will assess the quality of evidence in systematic reviews included and the quality of the systematic reviews themselves and the main results will be summarised in categories to provide a map of the evidence available. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION No patients or other participants will be involved in this study. The results will be presented at mental health conferences and for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. REGISTRATION DETAILS The protocol was registered on the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/myzd9/).
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, CIBER Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Biscay, Spain
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Sánchez-Sansegundo M, Portilla-Tamarit I, Rubio-Aparicio M, Albaladejo-Blazquez N, Ruiz-Robledillo N, Ferrer-Cascales R, Zaragoza-Martí A. Neurocognitive Functioning and Suicidal Behavior in Violent Offenders with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10121091. [PMID: 33333732 PMCID: PMC7765245 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10121091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Suicide is one of the main premature causes of death in patients with schizophrenia. However, little is known about the relationship between neurocognitive functioning and suicidality in violent offenders with schizophrenia who have been sentenced to psychiatric treatment after committing violent crimes. We examined the neurocognitive functioning of a sample of 61 violent offenders, most of them murderers with schizophrenia who were classified as suicide attempters (n = 26) and non-attempters (n = 35). We compared the neurocognitive functioning of both groups using a neuropsychological battery. Suicide attempters showed similar performance to non-attempters in a neuropsychological test across all domains of cognitive functioning, memory, attention, verbal fluency, and executive functioning. However, after controlling for demographic and clinical variables, suicide attempters performed better than non-attempters in two planning-related tasks: the Tower of London (p < 0.01) and the Zoo Map (p < 0.01). Suicide attempters were also characterized as having more family histories of suicidality and as displaying more depressive symptoms and negative symptoms of psychopathology on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) scale. These results suggest that suicide attempters have a greater ability to formulate plans and initiate goals directed at making a suicide attempt.
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- Miriam Sánchez-Sansegundo
- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; (M.S.-S.); (I.P.-T.); (M.R.-A.); (N.A.-B.); (N.R.-R.)
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- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; (M.S.-S.); (I.P.-T.); (M.R.-A.); (N.A.-B.); (N.R.-R.)
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- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; (M.S.-S.); (I.P.-T.); (M.R.-A.); (N.A.-B.); (N.R.-R.)
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- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; (M.S.-S.); (I.P.-T.); (M.R.-A.); (N.A.-B.); (N.R.-R.)
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- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; (M.S.-S.); (I.P.-T.); (M.R.-A.); (N.A.-B.); (N.R.-R.)
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- Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; (M.S.-S.); (I.P.-T.); (M.R.-A.); (N.A.-B.); (N.R.-R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-00-9659000 (ext. 9420)
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain;
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Prefrontal dysfunction associated with a history of suicide attempts among patients with recent onset schizophrenia. NPJ SCHIZOPHRENIA 2020; 6:29. [PMID: 33127917 PMCID: PMC7599216 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-020-00118-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Suicide is a major cause of death in patients with schizophrenia, particularly among those with recent disease onset. Although brain imaging studies have identified the neuroanatomical correlates of suicidal behavior, functional brain activity correlates particularly in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia (ROSZ) remain unknown. Using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) recording with a high-density coverage of the prefrontal area, we investigated whether prefrontal activity is altered in patients with ROSZ having a history of suicide attempts. A 52-channel NIRS system was used to examine hemodynamic changes in patients with ROSZ that had a history of suicide attempts (n = 24) or that lacked such a history (n = 62), and age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 119), during a block-design letter fluency task (LFT). Patients with a history of suicide attempts exhibited decreased activation in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex compared with those without such a history. Our findings indicate that specific regions of the prefrontal cortex may be associated with suicidal attempts, which may have implications for early intervention for psychosis.
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The lifetime risk of dying by suicide in schizophrenia and related psychoses has been estimated to be approximately between 5% and 7%, though some have estimated that the number is closer to 10%. The highest risk for suicide occurs within the first year after presentation, when patients have a 12 times greater risk of dying by suicide than the general population, or a 60% higher risk compared with patients in other phases of psychosis, although the risk continues for many years. Some 31% of all deaths in first and early episode samples are due to suicide. Studies in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR) or with attenuated positive symptoms also demonstrate that suicidality is common and problematic in these individuals. Therefore, suicide in psychosis is a particularly severe problem. In order to develop interventions aimed at reducing the risk of suicide in psychotic individuals, it will be critical to understand the neurobiology of suicide in psychosis. In this paper, I report on the results of a systematic review of the work done to date on the neurobiology of suicide in psychosis and on suicidality in the CHR period. I will also identify gaps in knowledge and discuss future strategies for studying the neurobiology of suicidality in psychosis that may help to disentangle the links between suicide and psychosis and, by doing so, allow us to gain a greater understanding of the relationship between suicide and psychosis, which is critical for developing interventions aimed at reducing the risk of suicide in psychotic individuals.
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- Ragy R Girgis
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Cho W, Shin WS, An I, Bang M, Cho DY, Lee SH. Biological Aspects of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2019; 17:475-486. [PMID: 31671484 PMCID: PMC6852683 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2019.17.4.475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Although the majority of patients with schizophrenia are not actually violent, an increased tendency toward violent behaviors is known to be associated with schizophrenia. There are several factors to consider when identifying the subgroup of patients with schizophrenia who may commit violent or aggressive acts. Comorbidity with substance abuse is the most important clinical indicator of increased aggressive behaviors and crime rates in patients with schizophrenia. Genetic studies have proposed that polymorphisms in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene and in the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene are related to aggression. Neuroimaging studies have suggested that fronto-limbic dysfunction may be related to aggression or violence. By identifying specific risk factors, a more efficient treatment plan to prevent violent behavior in schizophrenia will be possible. Management of comorbid substance use disorder may help prevent violent events and overall aggression. Currently, clozapine may be the only effective antipsychotic medication to repress aggressive behavior. With the current medical field moving toward tailored medicine, it is important to identify vulnerable schizophrenia populations and provide efficient treatment.
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- WonKyung Cho
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA Universiy School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA Universiy School of Medicine, Korea
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- Clinical Counseling Psychology Graduate School, CHA University, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA Universiy School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA Universiy School of Medicine, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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Rizk MM, Rubin-Falcone H, Lin X, Keilp JG, Miller JM, Milak MS, Sublette ME, Oquendo MA, Ogden RT, Abdelfadeel NA, Abdelhameed MA, Mann JJ. Gray matter volumetric study of major depression and suicidal behavior. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2019; 283:16-23. [PMID: 30469094 PMCID: PMC6379131 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Structural brain deficits are linked to risk for suicidal behavior. However, there is disagreement about the nature of these deficits, probably due to the heterogeneity of suicidal behavior in terms of the suicidal act's lethality. We hypothesized that individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) and history of more lethal suicide attempts would have lower gray matter volume (GMV) of the prefrontal regions and insula compared with MDD lower-lethality attempters and MDD non-attempters. We collected structural MRI scans on 91 individuals with MDD; 11 with history of higher-lethality suicide attempts, 14 with lower-lethality attempts, and 66 were non-attempters. Differences in GMV between these three groups were examined using both regions-of-interest (ROI) and brain-wide voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analyses. Both ROI and VBM analyses showed that higher-lethality suicide attempters have greater GMV of the prefrontal cortical regions and insula, compared with the other two groups. Although this contrasts with our hypothesis, the observed larger prefrontal cortex GMV in higher-lethality suicide attempters may underlie the set of attributes observed previously in this suicidal subgroup, including enhanced suicide attempt planning, greater response inhibition, and delayed reward capabilities. Future studies should further examine the role of these brain regions in relation to suicidal intent and planning.
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- Mina M Rizk
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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Ando A, Reichl C, Scheu F, Bykova A, Parzer P, Resch F, Brunner R, Kaess M. Regional grey matter volume reduction in adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 280:48-55. [PMID: 30149362 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
There is a high prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) amongst adolescents worldwide and therefore an urgency to investigate the underlying mechanisms that may facilitate such behaviours. This study aimed to investigate neurobiological alterations, specifically in regional brain volumes of the frontolimbic system, in adolescents engaging in NSSI in comparison to healthy controls. Regional grey matter volumes were compared between 29 adolescent female patients who presented with incidents of NSSI on ≥5 days within the last 12 months (DSM-5 criteria for NSSI) and 21 healthy age, gender and education matched controls who had never received any psychiatric diagnosis/treatment, or engaged in NSSI. Significant group effects in regional brain volumes were observed in insula, and a suggested change in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), while controlling for total segmented volume. Additionally, ACC volume showed a significant association with past suicide attempts, where estimated marginal means showed even smaller ACC volume in adolescents engaging in NSSI with a history of suicide attempt in comparison to those with no history of suicide attempt, including healthy controls. This study provides the first evidence of volumetric changes in adolescents engaging in NSSI and a potential neurobiological link between NSSI and suicide attempt.
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- Ayaka Ando
- Section for Translational Psychobiology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section for Translational Psychobiology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Section for Translational Psychobiology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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Domínguez-Baleón C, Gutiérrez-Mondragón LF, Campos-González AI, Rentería ME. Neuroimaging Studies of Suicidal Behavior and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Psychiatric Patients: A Systematic Review. Front Psychiatry 2018; 9:500. [PMID: 30386264 PMCID: PMC6198177 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background: With around 800,000 people taking their own lives every year, suicide is a growing health concern. Understanding the factors that underlie suicidality and identifying specific variables associated with increased risk is paramount for increasing our understanding of suicide etiology. Neuroimaging methods that enable the investigation of structural and functional brain markers in vivo are a promising tool in suicide research. Although a number of studies in clinical samples have been published to date, evidence about neuroimaging correlates for suicidality remains controversial. Objective: Patients with mental disorders have an increased risk for both suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury. This manuscript aims to present an up-to-date overview of the literature on potential neuroimaging markers associated with SB and NSSI in clinical samples. We sought to identify consistently reported structural changes associated with suicidal symptoms within and across psychiatric disorders. Methods: A systematic literature search across four databases was performed to identify all English-language neuroimaging articles involving patients with at least one psychiatric diagnosis and at least one variable assessing SB or NSSI. We evaluated and screened evidence in these articles against a set of inclusion/exclusion criteria and categorized them by disease, adhering to the PRISMA guidelines. Results: Thirty-three original scientific articles investigating neuroimaging correlates of SB in psychiatric samples were found, but no single article focusing on NSSI alone. Associations between suicidality and regions in frontal and temporal cortex were reported by 15 and 9 studies across four disorders, respectively. Furthermore, differences in hippocampus were reported by four studies across three disorders. However, we found a significant lack of replicability (consistency in size and direction) of results across studies. Conclusions: Our systematic review revealed a lack of neuroimaging studies focusing on NSSI in clinical samples. We highlight several potential sources of bias in published studies, and conclude that future studies should implement more rigorous study designs to minimize bias risk. Despite several studies reporting associations between SB and anatomical differences in the frontal cortex, there was a lack of consistency across them. We conclude that better-powered samples, standardized neuroimaging and analytical protocols are needed to continue advancing knowledge in this field.
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- Carmen Domínguez-Baleón
- Licenciatura en Ciencias Genómicas, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Licenciatura en Ciencias Genómicas, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Department of Genetics & Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Genetics & Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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Bani-Fatemi A, Tasmim S, Graff-Guerrero A, Gerretsen P, Strauss J, Kolla N, Spalletta G, De Luca V. Structural and functional alterations of the suicidal brain: An updated review of neuroimaging studies. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 278:77-91. [PMID: 29929763 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Brain imaging is a non-invasive and in vivo direct estimation of detailed brain structure, regional brain functioning and estimation of molecular processes in the brain. The main objective of this review was to analyze functional and structural neuroimaging studies of individuals at risk for suicide. We reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2018, indexed in PubMed and Medline, assessing structural and functional alterations of the brain of individuals at high risk for suicide and at low risk for suicide. We reviewed functional and structural neuroimaging studies which included individuals with a history of suicidal ideation or attempt in major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD), psychosis, and borderline personality disorder (BPD). We selected 45 papers that focused on suicidality in MDD, 17 papers on BD, 11 papers on psychosis, and 5 papers on BPD. The suicidal brain across psychiatric diagnoses seems to heavily involve dysfunction of the fronto-temporal network, primarily involving reductions of gray and white matter volumes in the pre-frontal cortex (PFC), anterior cingulate, and superior temporal gyrus. Nonetheless, there are several ways to define suicidal behaviour and ideation. Therefore, it still remains difficult to combine the evidence from imaging studies that used different definitions of suicidality.
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- Ali Bani-Fatemi
- Group for Suicide Studies, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Group for Suicide Studies, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute; Multimodal Imaging Group at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute; Multimodal Imaging Group at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Medical Informatics; Child, Youth and Family Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute
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- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Menninger Department of psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College St, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada.
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Sheth C, Prescot A, Bueler E, DiMuzio J, Legarreta M, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D, McGlade E. Alterations in anterior cingulate cortex myoinositol and aggression in veterans with suicidal behavior: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 276:24-32. [PMID: 29723775 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Studies investigating the neurochemical changes that correspond with suicidal behavior (SB) have not yielded conclusive results. Suicide correlates such as aggression have been used to explore risk factors for SB. Yet the neurobiological basis for the association between aggression and SB is unclear. Aggression and SB are both prevalent in veterans relative to civilian populations. The current study evaluated the relationship between brain chemistry in the anterior (ACC) and the posterior cingulate cortex (POC), as well as the relationship between aggression and SB in a veteran population using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Single-voxel MRS data at 3 Tesla (T) were acquired from the ACC and POC voxels using a 2-dimensional J-resolved point spectroscopy sequence and quantified using the ProFit algorithm. Participants also completed a structured diagnostic interview and a clinical battery. Our results showed that the myoinositol (mI)/H2O ratio in the ACC and POC was significantly higher in veterans who reported SB when compared to veterans who did not. The two groups did not differ significantly with regard to other metabolites. Second, verbal aggression and SB measures positively correlated with mI/H2O in the ACC. Finally, verbal aggression mediated the relationship between mI/H2O in the ACC and SB.
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- Chandni Sheth
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Jollant F, Wagner G, Richard-Devantoy S, Köhler S, Bär KJ, Turecki G, Pereira F. Neuroimaging-informed phenotypes of suicidal behavior: a family history of suicide and the use of a violent suicidal means. Transl Psychiatry 2018; 8:120. [PMID: 29921964 PMCID: PMC6008434 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-018-0170-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2017] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The identification of brain markers of suicidal risk is highly expected. However, neuroimaging studies have yielded mixed results, possibly due to phenotypic heterogeneity. In the present study, we addressed this issue using structural brain imaging. First, two independent samples of suicide attempters (n = 17 in Montreal, 32 in Jena), patient controls (n = 26/34), and healthy controls (n = 66/34) were scanned with magnetic resonance imaging. Groups were compared with FSL. We then reviewed the literature and run a GingerALE meta-analysis of 12 structural imaging studies comparing suicide attempters and patient controls with whole-brain analyses (n = 693). Finally, we explored the potential contribution of two variables previously associated with biological/cognitive deficits: a family history of suicide (FHoS), and the use of a violent suicidal means (VSM). Here, we added two groups of healthy first-degree biological relatives of suicide victims and depressed patients (n = 32). When comparing all suicide attempters and controls, very limited between-group differences were found in the two samples, and none in the meta-analysis. In contrast, a FHoS was associated with reduced volumes in bilateral temporal regions, right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and left putamen, several of these differences being observed across groups. VSM was associated with increased bilateral caudate (and left putamen) volumes. Some morphometric variations in cortico-subcortical networks may therefore be endophenotypes increasing the suicidal vulnerability, while others (notably in striatum) may modulate action selection. These results therefore confirm at the neural level two phenotypes at high lethal risk with a strong biological background, and uncover motives of heterogeneous findings in neuroimaging studies of suicidal behavior.
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- Fabrice Jollant
- McGill Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS), McGill University & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, Academic Hospital (CHU) of Nîmes, Nîmes, France.
- Paris Descartes University & Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- McGill Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS), McGill University & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- McGill Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS), McGill University & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Academic Hospital (CHU) of Nîmes & Research Team EA2415, Nîmes, France
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Balcioglu YH, Kose S. Neural substrates of suicide and suicidal behaviour: from a neuroimaging perspective. PSYCHIAT CLIN PSYCH 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2017.1420378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Yasin Hasan Balcioglu
- Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Forensic Psychiatry Unit, Bakirkoy Prof. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical School of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- eCenter for Neurobehavioral Research on Addictions, Houston, TX, USA
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History of Suicide Attempt Is Associated with Reduced Medial Prefrontal Cortex Activity during Emotional Decision-Making among Men with Schizophrenia: An Exploratory fMRI Study. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2018; 2018:9898654. [PMID: 29686902 PMCID: PMC5852894 DOI: 10.1155/2018/9898654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Despite the high prevalence of suicidal ideas/attempts in schizophrenia, only a handful of neuroimaging studies have examined the neurobiological differences associated with suicide risk in this population. The main objective of the current exploratory study is to examine the neurofunctional correlates associated with a history of suicide attempt in schizophrenia, using a risky decision-making task, in order to show alterations in brain reward regions in this population. Thirty-two male outpatients with schizophrenia were recruited: 13 patients with (SCZ + S) and 19 without a history of suicidal attempt (SCZ - S). Twenty-one healthy men with no history of mental disorders or suicidal attempt/idea were also recruited. Participants were scanned using fMRI while performing the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. A rapid event-related fMRI paradigm was used, separating decision and outcome events, and the explosion probabilities were included as parametric modulators. The most important finding of this study is that SCZ + S patients had reduced activations of the medial prefrontal cortex during the success outcome event (with parametric modulation), relative to both SCZ - S patients and controls, as illustrated by a spatial conjunction analysis. These exploratory results suggest that a history of suicidal attempt in schizophrenia is associated with blunted brain reward activity during emotional decision-making.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The rising suicide rate in the USA will not be reversed without improved risk assessment and prevention practices. To date, the best method for clinicians to assess a patient's risk for suicide is screening for past suicide attempts in the patient and their family. However, neuroimaging, genomic, and biochemical studies have generated a body of findings that allow description of an initial heuristic biological model for suicidal behavior that may have predictive value. RECENT FINDINGS We review studies from the past 3 years examining potential biological predictors of suicide attempt behavior. We divide findings into two major categories: (1) structural and functional brain imaging findings and (2) biochemical and genomic findings encompassing several systems, including major neurotransmitters (serotonin, catecholamines, GABA, and glutamate), the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, the inflammasome, lipids, and neuroplasticity. The biomarkers that appear promising for assessing suicide risk in clinical settings include indices of serotonergic function, inflammation, neuronal plasticity, and lipids.
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Ghorbani F, Khosravani V, Sharifi Bastan F, Jamaati Ardakani R. The alexithymia, emotion regulation, emotion regulation difficulties, positive and negative affects, and suicidal risk in alcohol-dependent outpatients. Psychiatry Res 2017; 252:223-230. [PMID: 28285249 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential contributing factors such as alexithymia, emotion regulation and difficulties in emotion regulation, positive/negative affects and clinical factors including severity of alcohol dependence and depression connected to high suicidality in alcohol-dependent outpatients. 205 alcohol-dependent outpatients and 100 normal controls completed the demographic questionnaire, the Persian version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (FTAS-20), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), the Positive/Negative Affect Scales, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The suicidal risk was assessed using the Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI) and history taking. Alcohol-dependent outpatients showed higher means in alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, suppression subscale, negative affect, and suicide ideation than normal controls. Logistic regression analysis revealed that negative affect, duration of alcohol use, externally-oriented thinking, and severity of alcohol dependence explained lifetime suicide attempts. Depression, impulsivity, severity of alcohol dependence, reappraisal (reversely), externally-oriented thinking, difficulties engaging in goal-directed behaviors, and negative affect significantly predicted the suicidal risk. The findings may constitute useful evidence of the relevancies of alexithymia, emotion regulation, emotion regulation difficulties, and affects to suicidality in alcoholic patients.
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- Fatemeh Ghorbani
- Toxicological Research Center, Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Psychosocial Injuries Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
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Minzenberg MJ, Lesh T, Niendam T, Yoon JH, Cheng Y, Rhoades RN, Carter CS. Frontal Motor Cortex Activity During Reactive Control Is Associated With Past Suicidal Behavior in Recent-Onset Schizophrenia. CRISIS 2016; 36:363-70. [PMID: 26502787 DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Suicide is prevalent in schizophrenia (SZ), yet the neural system functions that confer suicide risk remain obscure. Circuits operated by the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are altered in SZ, including those that support reactive control, and PFC changes are observed in postmortem studies of heterogeneous suicide victims. AIMS We tested whether history of suicide attempt is associated with altered frontal motor cortex activity during reactive control processes. METHOD We evaluated 17 patients with recent onset of DSM-IV-TR-defined SZ using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale and functional magnetic resonance imaging during Stroop task performance. Group-level regression models relating past suicidal behavior to frontal activation controlled for depression, psychosis, and impulsivity. RESULTS Past suicidal behavior was associated with relatively higher activation in the left-hemisphere supplementary motor area (SMA), pre-SMA, premotor cortex, and dorsolateral PFC, all ipsilateral to the active primary motor cortex. CONCLUSION This study provides unique evidence that suicidal behavior in patients with recent-onset SZ directly relates to frontal motor cortex activity during reactive control, in a pattern reciprocal to the relationship with proactive control found previously. Further work should address how frontal-based control functions change with risk over time, and their potential utility as a biomarker for interventions to mitigate suicide risk in SZ.
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- Michael J Minzenberg
- 1 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA.,3 Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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Gosnell SN, Velasquez KM, Molfese DL, Molfese PJ, Madan A, Fowler JC, Christopher Frueh B, Baldwin PR, Salas R. Prefrontal cortex, temporal cortex, and hippocampus volume are affected in suicidal psychiatric patients. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2016; 256:50-56. [PMID: 27685801 PMCID: PMC9694115 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Suicide is a leading cause of death in America, with over 40,000 reported suicides per year. Mental illness is a major risk factor for suicidality. This study attempts to validate findings of volumetric differences from studies on suicidality. Psychiatric inpatients classified as having mildly severe or severe depression were separated into two groups: suicide attempted in the past two months (SA; n=20), non-suicidal control group (DA; n=20); these patients were all depressed and not significantly different for age, gender, race, marital status, education level, anxiety level, and substance abuse. Healthy controls (HC; n=20) were not significantly different from the suicidal groups for age and gender. Volunteers underwent MRI to assess volumes of cortical lobes, corpus callosum, and subcortical regions of interest, including the thalamus, insula, limbic structures, and basal ganglia. The right hippocampal volume of the SA group was significantly reduced compared to healthy controls. The frontal and temporal lobe volumes of the SA group were significantly decreased compared to the DA group. These volumetric reductions confirm previous findings and support the hypothesis that fronto-temporal function may be altered in suicidal patients.
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- Savannah N Gosnell
- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT 06269, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Hawaii at Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Lee SJ, Kim B, Oh D, Kim MK, Kim KH, Bang SY, Choi TK, Lee SH. White matter alterations associated with suicide in patients with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2016; 248:23-29. [PMID: 26774424 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The risk of suicide is disproportionately high among people diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder. Brain imaging studies have shown a few relationships between neuroanatomy and suicide. This study examines the relationship between alterations in brain white matter (WM) and suicidal behavior in people with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder. The study participants were 56 patients with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder, with (n=15) and without (n=41) a history of suicide attempts. Fractional anisotropy (FA) values were compared between suicide attempters and non-attempters using Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS). Attempters showed significantly higher FA values than non-attempters in the left corona radiata, the superior longitudinal fasciculus, the posterior limb and retrolenticular part of the internal capsule, the external capsule, the insula, the posterior thalamic radiation, the cerebral peduncle, the sagittal stratum, and temporal lobe WM. Scores of the picture arrangement test showed a significant positive correlation with FA values of the right corona radiata, the right superior longitudinal fasciculus, the body of the corpus callosum, and the left corona radiata in attempters but not in non-attempters. These findings suggest that fronto-temporo-limbic circuits can be associated mainly with suicidal behavior in people with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder.
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- Sung-Jae Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Health and Welfare, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
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Elevations of impulsive behavior have been observed in a number of serious mental illnesses. These phenomena can lead to harmful behaviors, including violence, and thus represent a serious public health concern. Such violence is often a reason for psychiatric hospitalization, and it often leads to prolonged hospital stays, suffering by patients and their victims, and increased stigmatization. Despite the attention paid to violence, little is understood about its neural basis in schizophrenia. On a psychological level, aggression in schizophrenia has been primarily attributed to psychotic symptoms, desires for instrumental gain, or impulsive responses to perceived personal slights. Often, multiple attributions can coexist during a single aggressive incident. In this review, I discuss the neural circuitry associated with impulsivity and aggression in schizophrenia, with an emphasis on implications for treatment. Impulsivity appears to account for a great deal of aggression in schizophrenia, especially in inpatient settings. Urgency, defined as impulsivity in the context of strong emotion, is the primary focus of this article. It is elevated in several psychiatric disorders, and in schizophrenia, it has been related to aggression. Many studies have implicated dysfunctional frontotemporal circuitry in impulsivity and aggression in schizophrenia, and pharmacological treatments may act via that circuitry to reduce urgency and aggressive behaviors; however, more mechanistic studies are critically needed. Recent studies point toward manipulable neurobehavioral targets and suggest that cognitive, pharmacological, neuromodulatory, and neurofeedback treatment approaches can be developed to ameliorate urgency and aggression in schizophrenia. It is hoped that these approaches will improve treatment efficacy.
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- Matthew J. Hoptman
- Research Scientist, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY
- Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, City University of New York, New York, NY
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Minzenberg MJ, Lesh T, Niendam T, Yoon JH, Cheng Y, Rhoades R, Carter CS. Conflict-related anterior cingulate functional connectivity is associated with past suicidal ideation and behavior in recent-onset schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res 2015; 65:95-101. [PMID: 25891474 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Suicide is highly prevalent in schizophrenia (SZ), yet it remains unclear how suicide risk factors such as past suicidal ideation or behavior relate to brain function. Circuits modulated by the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are altered in SZ, including in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) during conflict-monitoring (an important component of cognitive control), and dACC changes are observed in post-mortem studies of heterogeneous suicide victims. We tested whether conflict-related dACC functional connectivity is associated with past suicidal ideation and behavior in SZ. 32 patients with recent-onset of DSM-IV-TR-defined SZ were evaluated with the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale and functional MRI during cognitive control (AX-CPT) task performance. Group-level regression models relating past history of suicidal ideation or behavior to dACC-seeded functional connectivity during conflict-monitoring controlled for severity of depression, psychosis and impulsivity. Past suicidal ideation was associated with relatively higher functional connectivity of the dACC with the precuneus during conflict-monitoring. Intensity of worst-point past suicidal ideation was associated with relatively higher dACC functional connectivity in medial parietal lobe and striato-thalamic nuclei. In contrast, among those with past suicidal ideation (n = 17), past suicidal behavior was associated with lower conflict-related dACC connectivity with multiple lateral and medial PFC regions, parietal and temporal cortical regions. This study provides unique evidence that recent-onset schizophrenia patients with past suicidal ideation or behavior show altered dACC-based circuit function during conflict-monitoring. Suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior have divergent patterns of associated dACC functional connectivity, suggesting a differing pattern of conflict-related brain dysfunction with these two distinct features of suicide phenomenology.
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- Michael J Minzenberg
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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Ding Y, Lawrence N, Olié E, Cyprien F, le Bars E, Bonafé A, Phillips ML, Courtet P, Jollant F. Prefrontal cortex markers of suicidal vulnerability in mood disorders: a model-based structural neuroimaging study with a translational perspective. Transl Psychiatry 2015; 5:e516. [PMID: 25710122 PMCID: PMC4445751 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2015.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The vulnerability to suicidal behavior has been modeled in deficits in both valuation and cognitive control processes, mediated by ventral and dorsal prefrontal cortices. To uncover potential markers of suicidality based on this model, we measured several brain morphometric parameters using 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging in a large sample and in a specifically designed study. We then tested their classificatory properties. Three groups were compared: euthymic suicide attempters with a past history of mood disorders and suicidal behavior (N=67); patient controls with a past history of mood disorders but not suicidal behavior (N=82); healthy controls without any history of mental disorder (N=82). A hypothesis-driven region-of-interest approach was applied targeting the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), ventrolateral (VLPFC), dorsal (DPFC) and medial (including anterior cingulate cortex; MPFC) prefrontal cortices. Both voxel-based (SPM8) and surface-based morphometry (Freesurfer) analyses were used to comprehensively evaluate cortical gray matter measure, volume, surface area and thickness. Reduced left VLPFC volume in attempters vs both patient groups was found (P=0.001, surviving multiple comparison correction, Cohen's d=0.65 95% (0.33-0.99) between attempters and healthy controls). In addition, reduced measures in OFC and DPFC, but not MPFC, were found with moderate effect sizes in suicide attempters vs healthy controls (Cohen's d between 0.34 and 0.52). Several of these measures were correlated with suicidal variables. When added to mood disorder history, left VLPFC volume increased within-sample specificity in identifying attempters in a significant but limited way. Our study, therefore, confirms structural prefrontal alterations in individuals with histories of suicide attempts. A future clinical application of these markers will, however, necessitate further research.
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- Y Ding
- McGill Group for Suicide
Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill
University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Mood Disorders Centre, School of
Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of
Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and
Inserm, Université Montpellier I and CHU Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
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- Department of Psychiatry and
Inserm, Université Montpellier I and CHU Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
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- Department of Radiology,
Université Montpellier I and CHU Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
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- Department of Radiology,
Université Montpellier I and CHU Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
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- Clinical and Translational Affective
Neuroscience Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and
Inserm, Université Montpellier I and CHU Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
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- McGill Group for Suicide
Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill
University, Montreal, QC, Canada,CHU Nîmes, Nimes, France,McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health
University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard Lasalle,
Montréal, QC, Canada H4H 1R3.
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van Heeringen K, Bijttebier S, Desmyter S, Vervaet M, Baeken C. Is there a neuroanatomical basis of the vulnerability to suicidal behavior? A coordinate-based meta-analysis of structural and functional MRI studies. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:824. [PMID: 25374525 PMCID: PMC4205829 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Objective: We conducted meta-analyses of functional and structural neuroimaging studies comparing adolescent and adult individuals with a history of suicidal behavior and a psychiatric disorder to psychiatric controls in order to objectify changes in brain structure and function in association with a vulnerability to suicidal behavior. Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging studies published up to July 2013 investigating structural or functional brain correlates of suicidal behavior were identified through computerized and manual literature searches. Activation foci from 12 studies encompassing 475 individuals, i.e., 213 suicide attempters and 262 psychiatric controls were subjected to meta-analytical study using anatomic or activation likelihood estimation (ALE). Result: Activation likelihood estimation revealed structural deficits and functional changes in association with a history of suicidal behavior. Structural findings included reduced volumes of the rectal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus and caudate nucleus. Functional differences between study groups included an increased reactivity of the anterior and posterior cingulate cortices. Discussion: A history of suicidal behavior appears to be associated with (probably interrelated) structural deficits and functional overactivation in brain areas, which contribute to a decision-making network. The findings suggest that a vulnerability to suicidal behavior can be defined in terms of a reduced motivational control over the intentional behavioral reaction to salient negative stimuli.
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- Kees van Heeringen
- Unit for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
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Cox Lippard ET, Johnston JAY, Blumberg HP. Neurobiological risk factors for suicide: insights from brain imaging. Am J Prev Med 2014; 47:S152-62. [PMID: 25145733 PMCID: PMC4143781 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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CONTEXT This article reviews neuroimaging studies on neural circuitry associated with suicide-related thoughts and behaviors to identify areas of convergence in findings. Gaps in the literature for which additional research is needed are identified. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed search was conducted and articles published before March 2014 were reviewed that compared individuals who made suicide attempts to those with similar diagnoses who had not made attempts or to healthy comparison subjects. Articles on adults with suicidal ideation and adolescents who had made attempts, or with suicidal ideation, were also included. Reviewed imaging modalities included structural magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, single photon emission computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Although many studies include small samples, and subject characteristics and imaging methods vary across studies, there were convergent findings involving the structure and function of frontal neural systems and the serotonergic system. CONCLUSIONS These initial neuroimaging studies of suicide behavior have provided promising results. Future neuroimaging efforts could be strengthened by more strategic use of common data elements and a focus on suicide risk trajectories. At-risk subgroups defined by biopsychosocial risk factors and multidimensional assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors may provide a clearer picture of the neural circuitry associated with risk status-both current and lifetime. Also needed are studies investigating neural changes associated with interventions that are effective in risk reduction.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Dysfunction of neural circuitry in depressive patients with suicidal behaviors: a review of structural and functional neuroimaging studies. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2014; 53:61-6. [PMID: 24632395 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Suicide is an important public problem. Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of suicidal behavior in depression will facilitate the development of more effective prevention strategies for suicide. There are several reviews of imaging studies of suicidal behavior, but none of these reviews have focused only on suicide in depression. We reviewed neuroimaging studies of suicide in depression in recent years. The majority of studies found structural and functional alterations in the orbital frontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex and striatum in depressive patients with suicidal behaviors. The evidence suggests that the frontal-striatal circuitry, which includes the striatum, orbital frontal and anterior cingulate cortices, is involved in the neurobiology of suicide in depressive patients. These findings also indicate that not all suicides have the same underlying neuropathology. Future studies require larger samples and more accurate subtypes of suicide. Furthermore, combining neuroimaging and other new technologies in molecular biology will be helpful to reveal the pathogenesis of suicidal behavior in depression.
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Minzenberg MJ, Lesh TA, Niendam TA, Yoon JH, Rhoades RN, Carter CS. Frontal cortex control dysfunction related to long-term suicide risk in recent-onset schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2014; 157:19-25. [PMID: 24972755 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Revised: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Suicide is highly-prevalent and the most serious outcome in schizophrenia, yet the disturbances in neural system functions that confer suicide risk remain obscure. Circuits operated by the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are altered in psychotic disorders, and various PFC changes are observed in post-mortem studies of completed suicide. We tested whether PFC activity during goal-representation (an important component of cognitive control) relates to long-term suicide risk in recent-onset schizophrenia. METHOD 35 patients with recent-onset of DSM-IV-TR-defined schizophrenia (SZ) were evaluated for long-term suicide risk (using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale) and functional MRI during cognitive control task performance. Group-level regression models associating control-related brain activation with suicide risk controlled for depression, psychosis and impulsivity. RESULTS Within this group, past suicidal ideation was associated with lower activation with goal-representation demands in multiple PFC sectors. Among those with past suicidal ideation (n=18), reported suicidal behavior was associated with lower control-related activation in premotor cortex ipsilateral to the active primary motor cortex. CONCLUSIONS This study provides unique evidence that suicide risk directly relates to PFC-based circuit dysfunction during goal-representation, in a major mental illness with significant suicide rates. Among those with suicidal ideation, the overt expression in suicidal behavior may stem from impairments in premotor cortex support of action-planning as an expression of control. Further work should address how PFC-based control function changes with risk over time, whether this brain-behavior relationship is specific to schizophrenia, and address its potential utility as a biomarker for interventions to mitigate suicide risk.
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- Michael J Minzenberg
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States; VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
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The stress-diathesis model posits that suicide is the result of an interaction between state-dependent (environmental) stressors and a trait-like diathesis or susceptibility to suicidal behaviour, independent of psychiatric disorders. Findings from post-mortem studies of the brain and from genomic and in-vivo neuroimaging studies indicate a biological basis for this diathesis, indicating the importance of neurobiological screening and interventions, in addition to cognitive and mood interventions, in the prevention of suicide. Early-life adversity and epigenetic mechanisms might explain some of the link between suicide risk and brain circuitry and neurochemistry abnormalities. Results from a range of studies using diverse designs and post-mortem and in-vivo techniques show impairments of the serotonin neurotransmitter system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis stress-response system in the diathesis for suicidal behaviour. These impairments manifest as impaired cognitive control of mood, pessimism, reactive aggressive traits, impaired problem solving, over-reactivity to negative social signs, excessive emotional pain, and suicidal ideation, leading to suicidal behaviour. Biomarkers related to the diathesis might help to inform risk-assessment procedures and treatment choice in the prevention of suicide.
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- Kees van Heeringen
- Unit for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, NY, USA
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Richard-Devantoy S, Orsat M, Dumais A, Turecki G, Jollant F. Neurocognitive vulnerability: suicidal and homicidal behaviours in patients with schizophrenia. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 2014; 59:18-25. [PMID: 24444320 PMCID: PMC4079223 DOI: 10.1177/070674371405900105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Schizophrenia is associated with an increase in the risk of both homicide and suicide. The objectives of this study were to systematically review all published articles that examined the relation between neurocognitive deficits and suicidal or homicidal behaviours in schizophrenia, and to identify vulnerabilities in suicidal and homicidal behaviour that may share a common pathway in schizophrenia. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was performed using MEDLINE to include all studies published up to August 31, 2012. RESULTS Among the 1760 studies, 7 neuropsychological and 12 brain imaging studies met the selection criteria and were included in the final analysis. The neuropsychological and functional neuroimaging studies were inconclusive. The structural imaging studies reported various alterations in patients with schizophrenia and a history of homicidal behaviour, including: reduced inferior frontal and temporal cortices, increased mediodorsal white matter, and increased amygdala volumes. Patients with a history of suicidal acts showed volumetric reductions in left orbitofrontal and superior temporal cortices, while right amygdala volume was increased, though, these findings have rarely been replicated. Finally, no study has directly compared neurocognitive markers of suicidal and homicidal risk. CONCLUSION These results suggest that brain alterations, in addition to those associated with schizophrenia, may predispose some patients to a higher risk of homicide or suicide in particular circumstances. Moreover, some of these alterations may be shared between homicidal and suicidal patients. However, owing to several limitations, including the small number of available studies, no firm conclusions can be drawn and further investigations are necessary.
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- Stéphane Richard-Devantoy
- Psychiatrist, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Associate Member, Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire, UPRES EA 4638, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Psychiatrist, Secteur 16 de Psychiatrie Adultes, Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé de la Sarthe, Allonnes, France
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- Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Research Centre-Pinel Institut, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
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- Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Human Genetics, and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Vice-Chair, Research and Academic Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Director, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Montreal, Quebec; Co-Director, Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (suicide studies), Montreal, Quebec; Head, Depressive Disorders Program, Douglas Institute, Montreal, Quebec; Director, Réseau québécois de recherche sur le suicide, Montreal, Quebec
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
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Zhang H, Wei X, Tao H, Mwansisya TE, Pu W, He Z, Hu A, Xu L, Liu Z, Shan B, Xue Z. Opposite effective connectivity in the posterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex between first-episode schizophrenic patients with suicide risk and healthy controls. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63477. [PMID: 23704911 PMCID: PMC3660523 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objective The schizophrenic patients with high suicide risk are characterized by depression, better cognitive function, and prominent positive symptoms. However, the neurobiological basis of suicide attempts in schizophrenia is not clear. The suicide in schizophrenia is implicated in the defects in emotional process and decision-making, which are associated with prefrontal-cingulate circuit. In order to explore the possible neurobiological basis of suicide in schizophrenia, we investigated the correlation of prefrontal-cingulate circuit with suicide risk in schizophrenia via dynamic casual modelling. Method Participants were 33 first-episode schizophrenic patients comprising of a high suicide risk group (N = 14) and a low suicide risk group (N = 19). A comparison group of healthy controls (N = 15) were matched for age, gender and education. N-back tasking functional magnetic resonance imaging data was collected. Results Compared with healthy controls group, the two patients groups showed decreased task-related suppression during 2-back task state versus baseline state in the left posterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex; the hyper-connectivity from the left posterior cingulate cortex to the left medial prefrontal cortex existed in both schizophrenic patients groups, but hypo-connectivity in the opposite direction only existed in the schizophrenic patients group with high suicide risk. Conclusions The hyper-connectivity from the left posterior cingulate cortex to the left medial prefrontal cortex may suggest that the abnormal effective connectivity was associated with risk for schizophrenia. The hypo-connectivity in the opposite direction may represent a possible correlate of increased vulnerability to suicide attempt.
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- Huiran Zhang
- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (ZX); (ZL)
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- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Department of Clinical Nursing and Community Health, the University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania
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- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- * E-mail: (ZX); (ZL)
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Lopez-Larson M, King JB, McGlade E, Bueler E, Stoeckel A, Epstein DJ, Yurgelun-Todd D. Enlarged thalamic volumes and increased fractional anisotropy in the thalamic radiations in veterans with suicide behaviors. Front Psychiatry 2013; 4:83. [PMID: 23964245 PMCID: PMC3740266 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Post-mortem studies have suggested a link between the thalamus, psychiatric disorders, and suicide. We evaluated the thalamus and anterior thalamic radiations (ATR) in a group of Veterans with and without a history of suicidal behavior (SB) to determine if thalamic abnormalities were associated with an increased risk of SB. Forty Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and no SB (TBI-SB), 19 Veterans with mild TBI and a history of SB (TB + SB), and 15 healthy controls (HC) underwent magnetic resonance imaging scanning including a structural and diffusion tensor imaging scan. SBs were evaluated utilizing the Columbia Suicide Rating Scale and impulsivity was measured using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS). Differences in thalamic volumes and ATR fractional anisotropy (FA) were examined between (1) TBI + SB versus HC and (2) TBI + SB versus combined HC and TBI-SB and (3) between TBI + SB and TBI-SB. Left and right thalamic volumes were significantly increased in those with TBI + SB compared to the HC, TBI-SB, and the combined group. Veterans with TBI + SB had increased FA bilaterally compared to the HC, HC and TBI-SB group, and the TBI-SB only group. Significant positive associations were found for bilateral ATR and BIS in the TBI + SB group. Our findings of thalamic enlargement and increased FA in individuals with TBI + SB suggest that this region may be a biomarker for suicide risk. Our findings are consistent with previous evidence indicating that suicide may be associated with behavioral disinhibition and frontal-thalamic-limbic dysfunction and suggest a neurobiologic mechanism that may increase vulnerability to suicide.
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- Melissa Lopez-Larson
- The Brain Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT , USA ; University of Utah School of Medicine , Salt Lake City, UT , USA ; George E. Whalen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRREC) , Salt Lake City, UT , USA
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Weiss EM. Neuroimaging and neurocognitive correlates of aggression and violence in schizophrenia. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:158646. [PMID: 24278673 PMCID: PMC3820648 DOI: 10.6064/2012/158646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/02/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Individuals diagnosed with major mental disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to have engaged in violent behavior than mentally healthy members of the same communities. Although aggressive acts can have numerous causes, research about the underlying neurobiology of violence and aggression in schizophrenia can lead to a better understanding of the heterogeneous nature of that behavior and can assist in developing new treatment strategies. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent literature and discuss some of the neurobiological correlates of aggression and violence. The focus will be on schizophrenia, and the results of neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies that have directly investigated brain functioning and/or structure in aggressive and violent samples will be discussed as well as other domains that might predispose to aggression and violence such as deficits in responding to the emotional expressions of others, impulsivity, and psychopathological symptoms. Finally gender differences regarding aggression and violence are discussed. In this context several methodological and conceptional issues that limited the comparison of these studies will be addressed.
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- Elisabeth M. Weiss
- Department of Psychology, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, University-Platz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Turecki G, Ernst C, Jollant F, Labonté B, Mechawar N. The neurodevelopmental origins of suicidal behavior. Trends Neurosci 2011; 35:14-23. [PMID: 22177979 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Revised: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Suicide and related behaviors are complex phenomena associated with different risk factors. Although most individuals who display suicidal behavior do not have a history of early-life adversity, a significant minority does. Recent animal and human data have suggested that early-life adversity leads to epigenetic regulation of genes involved in stress-response systems. Here, we review this evidence and suggest that early-life adversity increases risk of suicide in susceptible individuals by influencing the development of stable emotional, behavioral and cognitive phenotypes that are likely to result from the epigenetic regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and other systems involved in responses to stress.
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- Gustavo Turecki
- McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Falini A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. Opposite effects of suicidality and lithium on gray matter volumes in bipolar depression. J Affect Disord 2011; 135:139-47. [PMID: 21807414 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Revised: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mood disorders are associated with the highest increase of attempted and completed suicide. Suicidality in major depressive disorder and in schizophrenia has been associated with reduced gray matter volumes in orbitofrontal cortex. Lithium reduces the suicide risk of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) to the same levels of the general population, and can increase GM volumes. We studied the effect of a positive history of attempted suicide and ongoing lithium treatment on regional GM volumes of patients affected by bipolar depression. METHODS With a correlational design, we studied 57 currently depressed inpatients with bipolar disorder: 19 with and 38 without a positive history of suicide attempts, 39 unmedicated and 18 with ongoing lithium treatment. Total and regional gray matter volumes were assessed using voxel-based morphometry. RESULTS Total GM volume is inversely correlated with depression severity. A positive history of suicide attempts was associated with higher stress in early life. Suicide attempters showed reduced GM volumes in several brain areas including dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate, superior temporal cortex, parieto-occipital cortex, and basal ganglia. Long term lithium treatment was associated with increased GM volumes in the same areas where suicide was associated with decreased GM. CONCLUSIONS Reduced GM volumes in critical cortical areas of suicidal patients could be a biological correlate of an impaired ability to associate choices and outcomes and to plan goal-directed behaviors based on a lifetime historical perspective, which, coupled with mood-congruent depressive cognitive distortions, could lead to more hopelessness and suicide. Lithium could exert its specific therapeutic effect on suicide by acting in the same areas.
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- Francesco Benedetti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute San Raffaele and University Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy.
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Jollant F, Lawrence NL, Olié E, Guillaume S, Courtet P. The suicidal mind and brain: a review of neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies. World J Biol Psychiatry 2011; 12:319-39. [PMID: 21385016 DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2011.556200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES. We aimed at reviewing studies exploring dysfunctional cognitive processes, and their neuroanatomical basis, in suicidal behaviour, and to develop a neurocognitive working model. Methods. A literature search was conducted. RESULTS. Several limitations were found. The main reported neuropsychological findings are a higher attention to specific negative emotional stimuli, impaired decision-making, lower problem-solving abilities, reduced verbal fluency, and possible reduced non-specific attention and reversal learning in suicide attempters. Neuroimaging studies mainly showed the involvement of ventrolateral orbital, dorsomedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices, the anterior cingulate gyrus, and, to a lesser extent, the amygdala. In addition, alterations in white matter connections are suggested. CONCLUSIONS. These studies support the concept of alterations in suicidal behaviour distinct from those of comorbid disorders. We propose that a series of neurocognitive dysfunctions, some with trait-like characteristics, may facilitate the development of a suicidal crisis during stressful circumstances: (1) an altered modulation of value attribution, (2) an inadequate regulation of emotional and cognitive responses, and (3) a facilitation of acts in an emotional context. This preliminary model may represent a framework for the design of future studies on the pathophysiology, prediction and prevention of these complex human behaviours.
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- Fabrice Jollant
- McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
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Structural and functional neuroimaging studies of the suicidal brain. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2011; 35:796-808. [PMID: 21216267 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 12/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Suicidality is a major challenge for today's health care. Evidence suggests that there are differences in cognitive functioning of suicidal patients but the knowledge about the underlying neurobiology is limited. Brain imaging offers the advantage of a non-invasive in vivo direct estimation of detailed brain structure, regional brain functioning and estimation of molecular processes in the brain. We have reviewed the literature on neuroimaging studies of the suicidal brain. This article contains studies on structural imaging such as Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and functional imaging, consisting of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT) and functional MRI (fMRI). We classified the results of the different imaging modalities in structural and functional imaging. Within our research, we found no significant differences in the suicidal brain demonstrated by Computed Tomography. Magnetic Resonance Imaging studies in subjects with a history of suicide attempt on the other hand deliver differing results, mostly pointing at a higher prevalence of white (especially deep white matter and periventricular) and grey matter hyperintensities in the frontal, temporal and/or parietal lobe and decreased volumes in the frontal and temporal lobe. There seems to be a trend towards findings of reduced grey matter volume in the frontal lobe. Overall, there is no consensus of opinion on structural imaging of the suicidal brain. Research on functional imaging is further divided into studies in resting state, studies in activation conditions and studies on brain neurotransmitters, transporters and receptors. A common finding in functional neuroimaging in resting conditions is a decreased perfusion in the prefrontal cortex of suicidal patients. During cognitive activation, perfusion deficits in the prefrontal cortex have been observed. After fenfluramine challenge, the prefrontal cortex metabolism seems to be inversely correlated to the lethality of previous suicide attempt. The few studies that examined the serotonin transporter in suicide found no significant differences in binding potential. In suicide attempters there seems to be a negative correlation between impulsivity and SERT binding. Our group found a reduced 5-HT(2A) binding in the frontal cortex in patients with a recent suicide attempt. The binding index was significantly lower in the deliberate self injury patients compared to the deliberate self poisoning patients. The few authors that examined DAT binding in suicide found no significant DAT differences between patients and controls. However they demonstrated significant negative correlations between DAT binding potential and mental energy among suicide attempters, but not in healthy control subjects. We did not find studies measuring the binding potential of the noradrenalin or gamma amino butyric acid transporter or receptor in suicidal subjects. Several reports have suggested abnormalities of GABA neurotransmission in depression. During our literature search, we have focused on neuroimaging studies in suicidal populations, but in the absence of evidence in the literature on this group or when further collateral evidence is appropriate, this overview expands to results in impulsive aggressive or in depressed subjects.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Aggression in schizophrenia is associated with poor treatment outcomes, hospital admissions, and stigmatization of patients. As such it represents an important public health issue. This article reviews recent neuroimaging studies of aggression in schizophrenia, focusing on PET/single photon emission computed tomography and MRI methods. RECENT FINDINGS The neuroimaging literature on aggression in schizophrenia is in a period of development. This is attributable in part to the heterogeneous nature and basis of that aggression. Radiological methods have consistently shown reduced activity in frontal and temporal regions. MRI brain volumetric studies have been less consistent, with some studies finding increased volumes of inferior frontal structures, and others finding reduced volumes in aggressive individuals with schizophrenia. Functional MRI studies have also had inconsistent results, with most finding reduced activity in inferior frontal and temporal regions, but some also finding increased activity in other regions. Some studies have made a distinction between types of aggression in schizophrenia in the context of antisocial traits, and this appears to be useful in understanding the neuroimaging literature. SUMMARY Frontal and temporal abnormalities appear to be a consistent feature of aggression in schizophrenia, but their precise nature likely differs because of the heterogeneous nature of that behavior.
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Spoletini I, Piras F, Fagioli S, Rubino IA, Martinotti G, Siracusano A, Caltagirone C, Spalletta G. Suicidal attempts and increased right amygdala volume in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2011; 125:30-40. [PMID: 20869847 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Revised: 07/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Suicide is a major cause of death in schizophrenia. Neurobiological studies suggest that suicidality is associated with abnormal brain structure and connectivity in fronto-temporo-limbic regions. However, it is still unclear whether suicidality in schizophrenia is related to volumetric abnormalities in subcortical structures that play a key role in emotion regulation, aggression and impulse control. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether the volume of selected subcortical regions is associated with previous suicidal attempts and self-aggression in schizophrenia. For this cross-sectional study, we recruited 50 outpatients with schizophrenia and 50 healthy controls (HC) matched for age and gender. Fourteen patients had a history of one or more suicide attempts. Different forms of aggression were assessed using the Modified Overt Aggression Scale. All participants underwent structural MR imaging at 3 Tesla. Physical volumetric measures were calculated for the lateral ventricles, thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, caudate, putamen, pallidum and accumbens using an automatic segmentation method on T1-weighted high-resolution (voxel size 1×1×1mm(3)) images. Multivariate and follow-up univariate ANOVAs revealed a selective increase in volume in the right amygdala of patients with a history of suicidality compared both to patients without such a history and HC. Moreover, in the entire patient group increased right amygdala volume was related to increased self-aggression. Our findings suggest that right amygdala hypertrophy may be a risk factor for suicide attempts in patients with schizophrenia and this could be relevant for suicide prevention.
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Carlborg A, Winnerbäck K, Jönsson EG, Jokinen J, Nordström P. Suicide in schizophrenia. Expert Rev Neurother 2010; 10:1153-64. [PMID: 20586695 DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Schizophrenia is a disorder with an estimated suicide risk of 4-5%. Many factors are involved in the suicidal process, some of which are different from those in the general population. Clinical risk factors include attempted suicide, depression, male gender, substance abuse and hopelessness. Biosocial factors, such as a high intelligence quotient and high level of premorbid function, have also been associated with an increased risk of suicide in patients with schizophrenia. Suicide risk is especially high during the first year after diagnosis. Many of the suicides occur during hospital admission or soon after discharge. Management of suicide risk includes both medical treatment and psychosocial interventions. Still, risk factors are crude; efforts to predict individual suicides have not proved useful and more research is needed.
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Suicidal brains: a review of functional and structural brain studies in association with suicidal behaviour. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2010; 35:688-98. [PMID: 20826179 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Revised: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Evidence of an association between a vulnerability to suicidal behaviour and neurobiological abnormalities is accumulating. Post-mortem studies have demonstrated structural and biochemical changes in the brains of suicide victims. More recently, imaging techniques have become available to study changes in the brain in vivo. This systematic review of comparative imaging studies of suicidal brains shows that changes in the structure and functions of the brain in association with suicidal behaviour are mainly found in the orbitofrontal and dorsolateral parts of the prefrontal cortex. Correlational studies suggest that these changes relate to neuropsychological disturbances in decision-making, problem solving and fluency, respectively. As a consequence, the findings from these studies suggest that suicidal behaviour is associated with (1) a particular sensitivity to social disapproval (2) choosing options with high immediate reward and (3) a reduced ability to generate positive future events. Further study is needed to elaborate these findings and to investigate to what extent changes in the structure and function of suicidal brains are amenable to psychological and/or biological interventions.
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Hoptman MJ, D'Angelo D, Catalano D, Mauro CJ, Shehzad ZE, Kelly AMC, Castellanos FX, Javitt DC, Milham MP. Amygdalofrontal functional disconnectivity and aggression in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2010; 36:1020-8. [PMID: 19336392 PMCID: PMC2930349 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbp012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A significant proportion of patients with schizophrenia demonstrate abnormalities in dorsal prefrontal regions including the dorsolateral prefrontal and dorsal anterior cingulate cortices. However, it is less clear to what extent abnormalities are exhibited in ventral prefrontal and limbic regions, despite their involvement in social cognitive dysfunction and aggression, which represent problem domains for patients with schizophrenia. Previously, we found that reduced white matter integrity in right inferior frontal regions was associated with higher levels of aggression. Here, we used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine amygdala/ventral prefrontal cortex (vPFC) functional connectivity (FC) and its relation to aggression in schizophrenia. Twenty-one healthy controls and 25 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder participated. Aggression was measured using the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Regions of interest were placed in the amygdala based on previously published work. A voxelwise FC analysis was performed in which the mean time series across voxels for this bilateral amygdala seed was entered as a predictor in a multiple regression model with motion parameters and global, cerebrospinal fluid, and white matter signals as covariates. Patients showed significant reductions in FC between amygdala and vPFC regions. Moreover, in patients, the strength of this connection showed a significant inverse relationship with aggression, such that lower FC was associated with higher levels of self-rated aggression. Similar results were obtained for 2 other measures--Life History of Aggression and total arrests. These results suggest that amygdala/vPFC FC is compromised in schizophrenia and that this compromise is associated with aggression.
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- Matthew J. Hoptman
- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY,Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY,To whom correspondence should be addressed; Division of Clinical Research, Nathan Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Building 35, Orangeburg, NY 10962; tel: 845-398-6569, fax: 845-398-6566, e-mail:
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY,Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY
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- Division of Clinical Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY
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- The Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, New York University Child Study Center, New York, NY
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- The Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, New York University Child Study Center, New York, NY,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- The Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, New York University Child Study Center, New York, NY,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY,Office of the Director, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY,Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY
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- The Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, New York University Child Study Center, New York, NY
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Makris N, Seidman LJ, Ahern T, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS, Tsuang MT, Goldstein JM. White matter volume abnormalities and associations with symptomatology in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2010; 183:21-9. [PMID: 20538438 PMCID: PMC2913317 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Revised: 04/02/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The cerebral white matter (WM) is critically involved in many bio-behavioral functions impaired in schizophrenia. However, the specific neural systems underlying symptomatology in schizophrenia are not well known. By comparing the volume of all brain fiber systems between chronic patients with DSM-III-R schizophrenia (n=88) and matched healthy community controls (n=40), we found that a set of a priori WM regions of local and distal associative fiber systems was significantly different in patients with schizophrenia. There were significant positive correlations between volumes (larger) in anterior callosal, cingulate and temporal deep WM regions (related to distal connections) with positive symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions and bizarre behavior, and significant negative correlation between volumes (smaller) in occipital and paralimbic superficial WM (related to local connections) and posterior callosal fiber systems with higher negative symptoms, such as alogia. Furthermore, the temporal sagittal system showed significant rightward asymmetry between patients and controls. These observations suggest a pattern of volume WM alterations associated with symptomatology in schizophrenia that may be related in part to predisposition to schizophrenia.
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- Nikolaos Makris
- Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Department of Neurology, Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Pompili M, Serafini G, Innamorati M, Dominici G, Ferracuti S, Kotzalidis GD, Serra G, Girardi P, Janiri L, Tatarelli R, Sher L, Lester D. Suicidal behavior and alcohol abuse. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2010; 7:1392-431. [PMID: 20617037 PMCID: PMC2872355 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7041392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Suicide is an escalating public health problem, and alcohol use has consistently been implicated in the precipitation of suicidal behavior. Alcohol abuse may lead to suicidality through disinhibition, impulsiveness and impaired judgment, but it may also be used as a means to ease the distress associated with committing an act of suicide. We reviewed evidence of the relationship between alcohol use and suicide through a search of MedLine and PsychInfo electronic databases. Multiple genetically-related intermediate phenotypes might influence the relationship between alcohol and suicide. Psychiatric disorders, including psychosis, mood disorders and anxiety disorders, as well as susceptibility to stress, might increase the risk of suicidal behavior, but may also have reciprocal influences with alcohol drinking patterns. Increased suicide risk may be heralded by social withdrawal, breakdown of social bonds, and social marginalization, which are common outcomes of untreated alcohol abuse and dependence. People with alcohol dependence or depression should be screened for other psychiatric symptoms and for suicidality. Programs for suicide prevention must take into account drinking habits and should reinforce healthy behavioral patterns.
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- Maurizio Pompili
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University Medical School, Largo F. Vito 1, Rome 00168, Italy; E-Mail:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy; E-Mails:
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; E-Mail:
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- The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA; E-Mail:
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