Antiepileptic drug monotherapy exposure and suicide-related behavior in older veterans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2042-2047

  Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Copeland, Laurel A ^c,d   Zeber, John E ^c,d   Wang, Chen Pin ^a,b   Amuan, Megan E ^e   Mortensen, Eric M ^a,b   Tabares, Jeffrey V ^a   Van Cott, Anne C ^f   Cooper, Toby L ^g   Cramer, Joyce A ^h,i  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Applied Health Research   (United States)

^e Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Epilepsy Therapy Project   (United States)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; epidemiology; geriatrics; psychiatric disorders; suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VETERAN;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84869132513     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04207.x     Document Type: Article

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