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Epilepsy and Suicide in Asian Populations
Author(s)Veronica Hackethal, MD
In patients with epilepsy who live in western societies, suicide rates are increasing. Does culture play a role? Here's a study of Asian populations.
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Is the increased suicide risk in patients with epilepsy related to coexisting psychiatric illness or to epilepsy alone? What (if any) cultural and ethnic factors are at play?
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