Suicide in Patients with Epilepsy

• Published in: Epilepsy Currents
• Main Author: Meador, Kimford J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2008
• Subjects: Christensen; Karvonen; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00231.x; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00231.x; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00231.x

Epilepsy and Risk of Suicide: A Population-Based Case–Control Study. Christensen J, Vestergaard M, Mortensen PB, Sidenius P, Agerbo E. Lancet Neurology 2007;6(8):693–698. Background Studies have linked epilepsy with an increased suicide risk, but the association might be modified by psychiatric, dem...