Bei der Hälfte der Selbstmordopfer sind keine psychiatrischen Risikofaktoren bekannt. Genetische Studien zeigen, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Vorhandenseins eines Depressionsgens geringer ist, was auf eine einzigartige Anonymität der Risikofaktoren schließen lässt
https://healthcare.utah.edu/newsroom/news/2025/11/many-who-die-suicide-arent-depressed-genetic-research-suggests
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>A new genetic study at University of Utah found that people in this group of unexpected suicides aren’t just flying under the clinical radar via lower access to psychiatric services—their underlying risk factors may be fundamentally different.
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>The research found that people who die by suicide without prior non-fatal suicidal thoughts or behaviors have fewer psychiatric diagnoses and also fewer underlying genetic risk factors for psychiatric conditions compared to people who had shown these warning signs before dying by suicide.
[Genetic Liabilities to Neuropsychiatric Conditions in Suicide Deaths With No Prior Suicidality | Genetics and Genomics | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840358)
>Our analyses also indicated that while many conditions showed lower PGS in SD-N, PGS for ADHD and alcohol were equally increased over those of controls for both suicide subtypes, suggesting underlying shared genetic liabilities associated with characteristics such as poor impulse regulation,36,37 regardless of the presence of prior suicidality.
So, the shared risk factors are perhaps impulsivity? Lower self control?
This seems like a more interesting finding than what the post title is describing.
We’ve also known for a long time that depression is not the only risk factor for suicide, so it stands to follow that the genes associated with depression are not associated with suicide in these individuals without a history.
According to my therapist, when they are evaluating suicide risk, they are most worried about the combination of depression + mania. Depression spawns the thought, but mania is what puts the thought into action.
People dealing with depression struggle with motivation and task completion. While this inaction prevents basic upkeeps like showering or eating, it can also prevent the execution of taking ones own life. Mania overrides that inaction, capable of turning the thought into spur-of-the-moment regret.