title: Frequency of brain tissue donation for research after suicide.
abstract: To describe the frequency of brain tissue donation for research purposes by families of individuals that committed suicide.
  All requests for brain tissue donation to a brain biorepository made to the families of individuals aged 18-60 years who had committed suicide between March 2014 and February 2016 were included. Cases presenting with brain damage due to acute trauma were excluded.
  Fifty-six cases of suicide were reported. Of these, 24 fulfilled the exclusion criteria, and 11 others were excluded because no next of kin was found to provide informed consent. Of the 21 remaining cases, brain tissue donation was authorized in nine (tissue fragments in seven and the entire organ in two).
  Donation of brain tissue from suicide cases for research purposes is feasible. The acceptance rate of 42.8% in our sample is in accordance with international data on such donations, and similar to rates reported for neurodegenerative diseases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanessa K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Longaray
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carolina S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Padoan
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Goi
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francine H de
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kapczinski
authors.affiliation: UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Magalhães
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult