The risk of suicidal behavior in patients with epilepsy

Neznanov N.G.; Mikhaylov V.A.; Shova N.I.; Popov Iu.V.; Druzhinin A.K.; Kissin M.Ia.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro201911911216

Neznanov N.G.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet im. I.P. Pavlova;
Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva;
fakul'tet psikhiatrii Universiteta shtata Pensil'vaniia (SShA)

ORCID: 0000-0001-5618-4206

Mikhaylov V.A.

Bekhterev St. Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute, St. Petersburg

Shova N.I.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology St. Petersburg, Russia

Popov Iu.V.

FGBU "Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva" MZ RF, Sankt-Peterburg

Druzhinin A.K.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology St. Petersburg, Russia

Kissin M.Ia.

The risk of suicidal behavior in patients with epilepsy

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Neznanov N.G., Mikhaylov V.A., Shova N.I., Popov Iu.V., Druzhinin A.K., Kissin M.Ia.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(11‑2): 16‑22

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro201911911216

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Neznanov NG, Mikhaylov VA, Shova NI, Popov IuV, Druzhinin AK, Kissin MIa. The risk of suicidal behavior in patients with epilepsy. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(11‑2):16‑22. (In Russ.)
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Objective. To study a role of psychopathological and social factors in the development of suicidal behavior in patients with different forms of epilepsy. Material and methods. One hundred and nineteen patients with epilepsy, 57 men and 62 women, mean age 40.7±0.54 years, were studied using neurological and psychiatric examinations, along with a large battery of scales for assessment patient’s state and suicidal behavior. Results and conclusion. Clinical and psychological risk factors for suicidal behavior as well as for motivation of suicide prevention are identified. The formation of psychopathology determines the model of personality changes associated with epilepsy and the patients’ response to social exclusion and stigma that lead to suicide.

Keywords:

epilepsy

suicide risk

reasons for living

nonpsychotic mental disorders

depression

anxiety

Authors:

Neznanov N.G.

ORCID: 0000-0001-5618-4206

Mikhaylov V.A.

Bekhterev St. Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute, St. Petersburg

Shova N.I.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology St. Petersburg, Russia

Popov Iu.V.

FGBU "Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva" MZ RF, Sankt-Peterburg

Druzhinin A.K.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology St. Petersburg, Russia

Kissin M.Ia.

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