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The suicide rate of epilepsy
Author(s) -
Barraclough B. M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb05616.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , suicide rates , psychiatry , psychology , poison control , medical emergency , suicide prevention , injury prevention , medicine
Evidence from follow‐up studies concerned with the mortality of epilepsy suggests the suicide rate is increased. The risk of suicide seems to be higher from temporal lobe epilepsy, for epilepsy with a greater degree of handicap and in the early years of the condition.