The co-occurrence of smoking and suicide

Jentien M Vermeulen; Koen Bolhuis

doi:10.1192/bjp.2020.149

The co-occurrence of smoking and suicide

Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;217(6):708-709. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.149.

Authors

Jentien M Vermeulen¹, Koen Bolhuis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, the Netherlands.
² Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centre; and Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, the Netherlands.

PMID: 32998784
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2020.149

Abstract

This article is an invited commentary on a recent article by Harrison et al. investigating the purported causal link between smoking behaviours and suicide attempts.

Keywords: Mendelian randomisation; epidemiology; genetics; smoking; suicide.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Research Design
Smoking* / epidemiology
Suicidal Ideation*
Suicide, Attempted