Epilepsy, suicidality, and psychiatric disorders: A bidirectional association

Objective: A study was undertaken to determine whether psychiatric disorders associated with suicide are more common in incident epilepsy than in matched controls without epilepsy, before and after epilepsy diagnosis. Methods: A matched, longitudinal cohort study was conducted in the UK General Prac...

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Published in:	Annals of neurology Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 184 - 191
Main Authors:	Hesdorffer, Dale C., Ishihara, Lianna, Mynepalli, Lakshmi, Webb, David J., Weil, John, Hauser, W. Allen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.08.2012 Wiley-Liss Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Child Cohort Studies Comorbidity Confidence Intervals Epilepsy Epilepsy - epidemiology Epilepsy - psychology Female Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Incidence Male Medical research Medical sciences Mental Disorders - epidemiology Mental Disorders - psychology Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Suicide - psychology Suicide - statistics & numerical data Suicides & suicide attempts United Kingdom Young Adult Mental disorder Nervous system diseases Suicide Epilepsy Central nervous system disease Cerebral disorder
ISSN:	0364-5134, 1531-8249, 1531-8249
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