Assessing suicidal risk with antiepileptic drugs

Marco Mula2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy

Gail S Bell1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Josemir W Sander1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom;3 SEI N – Epilepsy Institute in the Netherlands Foundation, Heemstede, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]

Pages 613-618 | Published online: 14 Sep 2010

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