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Suicide Soon After Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. A Possible Peri-Ictal Phenomenon? |
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Pompili, Maurizio ; Girardi, Paolo ; Lester, David ; Tatarelli, Roberto |
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TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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2006 |
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6 |
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356-360 |
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Case Study |
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Neal R. Swerdlow |
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Behavior
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Neurology
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Psychiatry
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10.1100/tsw.2006.72 |
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Synopsis: |
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Suicide is considered to be a major cause of death among
people with epilepsy. Psychiatric illness (especially depression and
psychosis) and seizure frequency are two important risk factors for
suicide among these patients. An emblematic case of a young woman who
committed suicide soon after a serious seizure is reported. Such clinical
material may be of great importance for clinicians as preventive measure
for suicide are not generally taken into account when patients experience
seizures
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suicide, seizure, epilepsy |
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We report the case of 36-year-old woman who had suffered from focal-unilateral right febrile grand mal since she was 9 months old as a result of neonatal asphyxia. Over the years, a modification of the clinical picture occurred and eventually the patient suffered from paranoid delusions that impaired her ability to work. After many years free from seizures, she experienced one day a generalized tonic-clonic seizure that required hospitalization and, soon thereafter, she committed suicide. |
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