Abstract
To study a role of psychopathological and social factors in the development of suicidal behavior in patients with different forms of epilepsy. One hundred and nineteen patients with epilepsy, 57 men and 62 women, mean age 40.7±0.54 years, were studied using neurological and psychiatric examinations, along with a large battery of scales for assessment patient's state and suicidal behavior. Clinical and psychological risk factors for suicidal behavior as well as for motivation of suicide prevention are identified. The formation of psychopathology determines the model of personality changes associated with epilepsy and the patients' response to social exclusion and stigma that lead to suicide.
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