Oxytocin plasma levels in psychiatric patients with and without recent suicide attempt

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• 作者：Eberhard A. Deisenhammer^a ; ^{eberhard.deisenhammer@i-med.ac.at} ; Susanne Hofer^b ; Oliver Schwitzer^a ; Michaela Defrancesco^a ; Georg Kemmler^a ; Ludwig Wildt^b ; Hartmann Hinterhuber^a
• 关键词：Oxytocin ; Suicide attempt ; Biological marker
• 刊名：Psychiatry Research
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：30 November, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：200
• 期：1
• 页码：59-62
• 全文大小：117 K

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Easily available biomarkers for suicidality would be valuable for the identification of individuals at risk. Oxytocin has been shown to be associated with mental illness. We assessed basal oxytocin plasma levels of patients with (SA, n=41) and without (NSA, n=40) a 1-year history of attempted suicide. SA and NSA groups did not differ with respect to oxytocin levels. Plasma oxytocin may not be a biological suicide marker candidate.