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10987374

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
This study examined the first participants who registered for the Huntington's disease predictive testing program 1990-1995 in Stockholm, Sweden. A psychosocial investigation was performed to evaluate potential effects of the presymptomatic testing. The results showed no significant differences between 13 gene carriers and 21 noncarriers in pretest attitudes, expectations, general well-being, life satisfaction and lifestyle, the need for support, estimated sense of wellbeing or degree of health. However, both groups showed high suicidal ideation and self-injurious behavior. Noncarriers had a very high frequency of attempted suicide, and both groups had similarly pronounced psychiatric dysfunction. Their relatives also had high frequencies of psychiatric diseases, suicide or suicidal attempts. Most of the participants had a desire to meet a psychologist or a social worker. The need for counseling, using a well designed protocol, and the importance of focusing on suicide risk of participants in predictive testing programs is emphasized.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0001-6314
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
150-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
High suicidal ideation in persons testing for Huntington's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Tarja-Brita.Robins.Wahlin@neurotec.ki.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't