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Suicide Soon After Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. A Possible Peri-Ictal Phenomenon?

2006; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 6; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1100/tsw.2006.72

2356-6140

Maurizio Pompili, Paolo Girardi, David Lester, Roberto Tatarelli,

Restraint-Related Deaths

We report the case of 36-year-old woman who had suffered from focal-unilateral right febrile grand mal since she was 9 months old as a result of neonatal asphyxia. Over the years, a modification of the clinical picture occurred and eventually the patient suffered from paranoid delusions that impaired her ability to work. After many years free from seizures, she experienced one day a generalized tonic-clonic seizure that required hospitalization and, soon thereafter, she committed suicide.