SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
A Meta-Analysis of the Rates of Suicide Ideation, Attempts and Deaths in People with Epilepsy.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of mental disorders among people with neurologic conditions in Nigeria: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter gene promoter region polymorphism and post-stroke depression.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Pooled it
- Global Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of Suicidal Behavior, Deliberate Self-Harm and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Adolescents between 1989 and 2018: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with suicidality among adolescents with epilepsy attending national referral hospitals in Uganda.Discover mental health · 2026Article
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- Understanding Patient Referral Practices and Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals Among Neurologists.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2025Article
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- Sociodemographic and clinical risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in functional/dissociative seizures and epilepsy: a large cohort study.BMJ mental health · 2024Article
- Depression, anxiety, stress, and suicide risk in patients with functional seizures vs. those with epilepsy.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2024Article
- What is the role of screening instruments in the management of psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy? Tools and practical tips for the most common comorbidities: Depression and anxiety.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2024Article
- Health Diagnoses and Service Utilization in the Year Before Youth and Young Adult Suicide.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Article
- Newer Antiseizure Medications and Suicidality: Analysis of the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Database.Clinical drug investigation · 2023Article
- Proposed Recommendations for the Management of Depression in Adults with Epilepsy: An Expert Consensus.Neurology and therapy · 2023Article
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy: An Analysis of a Complex Comorbidity.Neurology · 2023Article
- Experiences and perspectives of peer support among young adults with epilepsy.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2023Article
- Optimization of Therapy in Patients with Epilepsy and Psychiatric Comorbidities: Key Points.Current neuropharmacology · 2023Article
- Suicidality and epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
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- I would be better off dead: investigating suicidal ideation in people with epilepsy.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Article
- Increased suicide attempt risk in people with epilepsy in the presence of concurrent psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2022Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the association between epilepsy and suicide. We systematically searched PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase and Web of Science for studies that reported the prevalence of suicidality in the form of suicide ideation, attempts and deaths among people with epilepsy (PWE). Studies were included if they reported the numbers of patients who died by suicide and concurrently suffered from epilepsy, assessed suicide ideation, or studied suicide attempts in PWE by validated instruments or diagnostic interviews. We used the random effects model to calculate the pooled odds ratios (OR) and standard mean differences (SMDs). We performed subgroup analyses. Seven case-control studies were included in the comparison of rates of suicide attempts between PWE and controls, with a total of 821,594 participants. Our analyses demonstrated a positive association between epilepsy and suicide attempts (pooled OR = 3.25, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.69-3.92,
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