Suicide soon after generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A possible peri-ictal phenomenon?

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Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 356-360

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Girardi, Paolo ^a,e   Lester, David ^c,d   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a,e,f,g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d International Association for Suicide Prevention

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Department of Psychiatry ^*

^g Italian Antistigma Association   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Seizure; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HALOPERIDOL; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROPATHY; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PARANOIA; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WORK DISABILITY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSIS;

EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SUICIDE;

EID: 33645819574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.72     Document Type: Article

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