Citation

Harden CL, Meador KJ. Neurology 2013; 81(22): 1889-1890.

Affiliation

From the Division of Epilepsy and Electroencephalography, Department of Neurology (C.L.H.), Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Great Neck, NY; and Department of Neurology (K.J.M.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1212/01.wnl.0000436626.63650.fc

PMID

24174589

Abstract

In this issue of Neurology®, Pugh et al.(1) present data to support the hypothesis that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are used in response to suicide-related behaviors (SRBs) associated with pain and psychiatric illness, rather being a cause of SRBs. Further, they point out that these conditions are inherently associated with increased suicidal behaviors, and therefore confound assessment of the causal relationship of AEDs to SRB.(2.)

Language: en