In boththeGenomicstudyandtheCDSstudyallsubjects
providedinformedconsentbeforeparticipation.Testedriskfactors
wereselectedonthebasisoftheliteratureconcerningsuicidein
depressivedisordersgenerally.Theanalysisexcludedmost
symptom-basedmeasuresbecauseparticipantsintheGenomics
studies reportedthesymptomsthathadbeenpresentduringtheir
worstepisodesandtheseepisodesmighthaveoccurredyears
previously.Itdidincludehopelessness,though,becausethiswas
the onlysymptomdeterminedtobeariskfactorforsuicideinthe
previouslynotedsystematicreview(Hawton,etal.2005).