Cohort study shows that suicidality at focal epilepsy diagnosis predicts future drug resistance, suggesting the need for early psychiatric screening.
Results of this cohort study reveal that suicidality at the time of focal epilepsy diagnosis was associated with future drug resistance and may be a marker of more severe neuropathology. Psychiatric screening at time of diagnosis may facilitate early identification of patients at risk for treatment refractory epilepsy syndromes.
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