Case Reports of Unexpected Suicides in Patients within Six Months after Stroke

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Suicide after stroke is a grievous occurrence. Since the majority of cases understudy had shown signs of recovery from stroke, persons surrounding these patientswere severely shocked by these suicides. Six patients who attempted suicide within sixmonths after stroke were investigated to determine factors following stroke that relateto suicide in order to prevent future post-stroke suicides. Clinical findings in these sixcases were retrospectively analyzed in collaboration with stroke neurologists andcoworkers caring for these patients. Four of six patients had sustained a recentinfarction extending from the temporal cortex to the parietal cortex. Four of sixpatients showed depression, and five of six patients showed moderate disability afterstroke. Physicians should carefully observe patients with infarction extending from thetemporal cortex to the parietal cortex, depression and moderate disability, in order toprevent suicidal behavior.
神戸大学の論文
2010-00-00