Evaluation of suicide probability in children and adolescents with epilepsy.

Dilşad Yıldız MiniksarBetül KılıçMahmut KılıçÖkkeş Hakan MiniksarYasemin TopçuKürşad Aydın

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2022)

We found a high probability of suicide and personality pathology in children with epilepsy but the main predictor of suicide probability was the level of depression, not the presence of epilepsy.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
young adults
temporal lobe epilepsy