Genetic risk factors as possible causes of the variation in European suicide rates

[...]we will explore the case for shared genetic risk factors influencing the rates of suicide in high-risk European countries, using evidence from population genetics. [...]we will speculate on the role of possible interactions between exposure to alcohol and genetic vulnerability. According to sociological theories, such changes should have led to yearly variations in the Slovenian suicide rate (Diekstra, 1993). [...]high rates of suicide in the native rather than the immigrant population (Marušič, 1999) also contradict the theory that social and ecological risk factors are the major influence on suicide statistics. [...]the prevalence of alcohol-related psychiatric disorders was the best predictor of the regional variation in Slovenian suicide rates (Marušič 1999).