Which Clinical and Biochemical Parameters Are Associated with Lifetime Suicide Attempts in Bipolar Disorder?

Teresa SuraceEnrico CapuzziAlice CaldiroliAlessandro CeresaCecilia Maria Esposito Anna Maria AuxiliaIlaria TagliabueMartina CapellazziFrancesca LegnaniMartina Di PaoloLuisa CirellaFrancesco Zanelli QuarantiniMaria Salvina Signorelli Eugenio AgugliaMassimo ClericiMassimiliano Buoli

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

BD patients with lifetime suicide attempts present unfavorable clinical features. Some specific biochemical characteristics of bipolar patients may represent potential markers of suicidal behavior and need to be better investigated to identify new targets of treatment in the framework of personalized medicine. These preliminary findings have to be confirmed by further studies in different clinical settings.

Keyphrases

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