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Not such good news for our bi-polar difficult children
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 223656" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I think this part of the article is especially pertinent to our community of difficult child's:</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Dr. Gholam Motamedi, director of clinical neurophysiology fellowship and epilepsy at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., said it was "surprising to attribute suicide to the antiepileptic drugs per se, because a good number of these drugs are used in psychiatry for their positive effects on mood and depression. Nevertheless, this emphasizes the importance of screening for signs and symptoms of depression and suicidal tendencies in the epilepsy clinics." </strong></em></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>He also pointed to studies that have shown that people with epilepsy tend to have a higher incidence of depression, which is tied to suicide. </strong></em></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>"Therefore, this increased rate of suicide may tell us patients with epilepsy may have higher rate of suicide, but it doesn't mean it's 'caused' by the anti-seizure drugs," Motamedi said.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 223656, member: 3444"] I think this part of the article is especially pertinent to our community of difficult child's: [I][B]Dr. Gholam Motamedi, director of clinical neurophysiology fellowship and epilepsy at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., said it was "surprising to attribute suicide to the antiepileptic drugs per se, because a good number of these drugs are used in psychiatry for their positive effects on mood and depression. Nevertheless, this emphasizes the importance of screening for signs and symptoms of depression and suicidal tendencies in the epilepsy clinics." [/B][/I] [I][B]He also pointed to studies that have shown that people with epilepsy tend to have a higher incidence of depression, which is tied to suicide. [/B][/I] [I][B]"Therefore, this increased rate of suicide may tell us patients with epilepsy may have higher rate of suicide, but it doesn't mean it's 'caused' by the anti-seizure drugs," Motamedi said.[/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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