Suicide Soon After Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. A Possible Peri-Ictal Phenomenon? | Zendy

Maurizio Pompili | Zendy; Paolo Girardi | Zendy; David Lester | Zendy; Roberto Tatarelli | Zendy

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Suicide Soon After Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. A Possible Peri-Ictal Phenomenon?

Author(s) -

Maurizio Pompili,

Paolo Girardi,

David Lester,

Roberto Tatarelli

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the scientific world journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 2356-6140

pISSN - 1537-744X

DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2006.72

Subject(s) - ictal , peri , medicine , epilepsy , tonic (physiology) , pediatrics , asphyxia , anesthesia , psychiatry

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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