Suicide attempts in adult patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Hara, Eriko ^a,b   Akanuma, Nozomi ^a,c,d   Adachi, Naoto ^e   Hara, Koichiro ^f,g   Koutroumanidis, Michael ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Adachi Mental Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Asai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug overdose; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Neuropsychiatry; Psychiatric co morbidity; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PSYCHIATRY; SEIZURE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949200527     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01932.x     Document Type: Article

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