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Suicidality and epilepsy: a complex relationship that remains misunderstood and underestimated
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Suicidality and epilepsy: a complex relationship that remains misunderstood and underestimated

Andres M Kanner
Epilepsy currents, Vol.9(3), pp.63-66
2009-05
PMCID: PMC2685880
PMID: 19471611

Abstract

Suicidality in people with epilepsy is significantly more frequent than in the general population. The relation between suicidality and epilepsy is multifactorial and bidirectional. The purpose of this review is to highlight the most important psychiatric, pharmacologic, and epilepsy-related variables linked to the increased suicidal risk among these patients.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.222 Epilepsy & Seizures
1.222.143 Epilepsy
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Clinical Neurology
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Neuroscience & Behavior

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