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Predicting Suicidal Behavior: Are We Really that Far Along? Comment on “Discovery and Validation of Blood Biomarkers for Suicidality”

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A recent publication focused on biomarkers of future suicidal behaviors identifies several genes expressed in high-risk states among four samples. We discuss the implications of this study as well as the current state of research regarding biomarkers of suicidal behavior.

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Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla has received lecture fees from Eli Lilly, AB-Biotics, and Shire.

Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Lucas Giner, Enrique Baca-Garcia declare that they have no conflict of interest. Maria A. Oquendo has received unrestricted educational grants and/or lecture fees form AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Otsuka, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Shire. She receives royalties from the commercial use of the C-SSRS, and her family owns stock in Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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  1. Villalba Mental Health Center, Department of Psychiatry, IDIPHIM-Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain

    Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla

  2. Department of Psychiatry, IIS-Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain

    Jorge Lopez-Castroman & Enrique Baca-Garcia

  3. CHRU Montpellier and INSERM unit 1061, Montpellier, France

    Jorge Lopez-Castroman

  4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

    Lucas Giner

  5. Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 42, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Enrique Baca-Garcia & Maria A. Oquendo

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Blasco-Fontecilla, H., Lopez-Castroman, J., Giner, L. et al. Predicting Suicidal Behavior: Are We Really that Far Along? Comment on “Discovery and Validation of Blood Biomarkers for Suicidality”. Curr Psychiatry Rep 15, 424 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-013-0424-x

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