People With Parkinson’s Disease Had Higher Risk Of Suicide Attempt Or Death By Suicide, Meta-Analysis Shows

MedPage Today (11/13, George) reports, “People with Parkinson’s disease had twice the average risk of a suicide attempt or death by suicide, a meta-analysis showed.” Investigators found that “across 10 studies, the odds of suicidal behavior were 2.15-fold higher” among patients with Parkinson’s “compared with general population controls.” The findings were published in JAMA Neurology.

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