Studying individual risk factors for self-harm in the UK Biobank: A polygenic scoring and Mendelian randomisation study KX Lim et al, PLOS Medicine, June 1, 2020

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Studying individual risk factors for self-harm in the UK Biobank: A polygenic scoring and Mendelian randomisation study
KX Lim et al, PLOS Medicine, June 1, 2020

We used data from UK Biobank participants to investigate 24 potential individual risk factors for self-harm.Out of these 24 risk factors, major depressive disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and schizophrenia appeared to be the most plausible causal risk factors for self-harm.?