@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal ideation amongst epilepsy patients in a tertiary centre",
journal="Neurology Asia",
year="2014",
author="RA Rani,  and R Razali,  and R Hod,  and K Mohamad,  and S Azmin,  and WNNW Yahya,  and R Sahathevan,  and R Remli,  and ZK Law,  and NM Ibrahim,  and HJ Tan, ",
volume="",
number="",
pages="129-136",
abstract="Background and Objective: Epilepsy and depression are interlinked and lead to an increased risk of suicidal ideation and suicide. Although depression is a significant risk factor for suicidal ideation in epilepsy patients, epilepsy itself is independently associated with suicidal ideation. There are various other factors related to epilepsy that further increase this risk. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a study of suicidal-ideation amongst epilepsy patients in our centre. Demographic data and clinical history were obtained while suicidal ideation was determined using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Beck's Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) was used to identify presence of depression. <br><br>RESULTS: We recruited 80 patients with epilepsy and an equal number of controls. Epilepsy patients were more likely to be depressed with a mean BDI-II score of 9.09 ±6.48 compared to controls who has a mean score of 5.56 ±4.56. The proportion of epilepsy patients with suicidal ideation was 33.75% vs. 5.00% in the control group (p 3 anti-epileptic drugs or prior head surgery. Our findings suggest that assessment of suicidal ideation is pertinent in high-risk epilepsy patients and should be routinely carried out in the clinical setting.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1823-6138",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}