Publication: Suicide Soon After Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. A Possible Peri-Ictal Phenomenon?
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2006
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Pompili, Maurizio, Paolo Girardi, David Lester, and Roberto Tatarelli. 2006. “Suicide Soon After Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. A Possible Peri-Ictal Phenomenon?” The Scientific World Journal 6 (1): 356-360. doi:10.1100/tsw.2006.72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.72.
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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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suicide, seizure, epilepsy
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