(Note: parts of this posting have previously appeared in online posts for Psychology Today and for Pediatric News) One of our own Vermont pediatricians, Dr. Joseph Hagan, is running to be President-elect of the national organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Many people around the state and elsewhere know Joe well and support his […]
New Study Examines a “Suicide Gene”
To keep in mind National Suicide Prevention Suicide Week as well as to offer some hopeful news, this week’s post summarizes a recent study from the American Journal of Psychiatry that claims to have found a gene that is related to suicidal behavior. It is somewhat of a complicated study with multiple samples (it’s hard […]
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