Antecedentes familiares de suicidio consumado y características del trastorno depresivo mayor: Estudio STAR*D (sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression)

Translated title of the contribution: Family history of completed suicide and characteristics of major depressive disorder: A STAR*D (sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression) study

Andrew A. Nierenberg, Jonathan E. Alpert, Bradley N. Gaynes, Diane Warden, Stephen R. Wisniewski, Melanie M. Biggs, Madhukar H. Trivedi, Jennifer L. Barkin, A. John Rush

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Abstract

Objective: Clinicians routinely ask patients with non-psychotic major depressive disorder (MDD) about their family history of suicide. It is unknown, however, whether patients with a family member who committed suicide differ from those without such a history. Methods: Patients were recruited for the STAR*D multicenter trial. At baseline, patients were asked to report first-degree relatives who had died from suicide. Differences in demographic and clinical features for patients with and without a family history of suicide were assessed. Results: Patients with a family history of suicide (142/4001; 3.5%) were more likely to have a family history of MDD, bipolar disorder, or any mood disorder, and familial substance abuse disorder, but not suicidal thoughts as compared to those without such a history. The group with familial suicide had a more pessimistic view of the future and an earlier age of onset of MDD. No other meaningful differences were found in depressive symptoms, severity, recurrence, depressive subtype, or daily function. CONCLUsIONs: A history of completed suicide in a family member was associated with minimal clinical differences in the crosssectional presentation of outpatients with MDD. Limitations of the study include lack of information about family members who had attempted suicide and the age of the probands when their family member died. sTAR*D assessments were limited to those needed to ascertain diagnosis and treatment response and did not include a broader range of psychological measures.

Translated title of the contributionFamily history of completed suicide and characteristics of major depressive disorder: A STAR*D (sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression) study
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)195-201
Number of pages7
JournalPsiquiatria Biologica
Volume15
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2008

Keywords

  • Family history
  • Major depressive disorder
  • Suicide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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