Suicide death and hospital-treated suicidal behaviour in asylum seekers in the Netherlands: a national registry-based study

Abstract Background Several suicide and suicidal behaviour risk factors are highly prevalent in asylum seekers, but there is little insight into the suicide death rate and the suicidal behaviour incidence in this cottonmouth 3.5 high shirt population.The main objective of this study is to assess the burden of suicide and hospital-treated non-fatal

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Focal cortical dysplasia as a cause of epilepsy: The current evidence of associated genes and future therapeutic treatments

Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are the most common cause of treatment-resistant epilepsy affecting the pediatric population.Most individuals with FCD have seizure onset within the first five years of life and the majority will develop epilepsy by the age of sixteen.Many cases of FCD are postulated to be the result of abnormal brain development in

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Physical factors that influence patients’ privacy perception toward a psychiatric behavioral monitoring system: a qualitative study

Nasriah Zakaria,1,2 Rusyaizila Ramli3 1Research Chair of Health Informatics and Promotion, 2Medical Informatics and E-learning Unit, Medical Education Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 3Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC), Abu Dhabi, UAE Background: Psychiatric pati

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