B2701 - Social and Biological Processes Linking Stress and Suicide Attempts During Development - 15/06/2016
B number:
B2701
Principal applicant name:
Holly Wilcox | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (United States)
Co-applicants:
Title of project:
Social and Biological Processes Linking Stress and Suicide Attempts During Development
Proposal summary:
Suicide is a leading preventable cause of death. This project will study the
social, psychological and biological mechanisms linking childhood trauma and adversity to
suicide attempts. Results will inform intervention efforts and predictive models aimed at early
identification.
Date proposal received:
Wednesday, 15 June, 2016
Date proposal approved:
Wednesday, 15 June, 2016
Keywords:
Mental health - Psychology, Psychiatry, Cognition, Mental health, suicide attempts, Epigenetics, Gene expression, GWAS, Biomarkers - e.g. cotinine, fatty acids, haemoglobin, etc., Childhood - childcare, childhood adversity, Environment - enviromental exposure, pollution, Genetics - e.g. epigenetics, mendelian randomisation, UK10K, sequencing, etc., Social science, childhood trauma, suicide attempts