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Depression in epilepsy: prevalence, clinical semiology, pathogenic mechanisms, and treatment.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Aug 2003
Kanner Andres M
Abstract excerpt
Depression is the most frequent comorbid psychiatric disorder in epilepsy. Its lifetime prevalence has been estimated at between 6% and 30% in population-based studies and up to 50% among patients followed in tertiary centers. The risk of suicide has been estimated to be 10 times higher than that...
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