HealthDay (7/17, Reinberg) reported, “The death of a twin, especially earlier in life, leaves the surviving twin at risk for psychiatric problems,” particularly in identical twins, investigators concluded. After analyzing data from Sweden, researchers “found people who had experienced the death of a co-twin between 1973 and 2013,” then compared “psychiatric diagnoses in these twins with their non-twin siblings and with more than 22,600 people whose twin was still alive.” The study revealed that the “risk of being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder increased by 55% to 65% after the death of a co-twin.” The findings were published online July 15 in the journal e-Life.
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— “Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness, ” Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, July 17, 2020