Suicide and Seizures
A National Cohort Study in Veterans
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- Received July 10, 2020
- Accepted January 18, 2021
- First Published March 12, 2021.
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Author Disclosures
- Yarden Bornovski, MD,
- Ebony Jackson-Shaheed, MPH,
- Stephanie Argraves, MS,
- Adrianna Hitchins, MD,
- Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS,
- Daniela Galluzzo, MD,
- Kei-Hoi Cheung, PhD,
- Joseph Goulet, PhD, MS,
- Melissa Skanderson, MSW,
- Cynthia A. Brandt, MD, MPH,
- Mary Jo Pugh, PhD and
- Hamada Altalib, DO, MPH
- Yarden Bornovski, MD,
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salary was paid by a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense CDRMP (EP1600449) from 05/2019 - 08/2020
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salary was paid by a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense CDRMP (EP1600449) from 05/2019 - 08/2020
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- Ebony Jackson-Shaheed, MPH,
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- Stephanie Argraves, MS,
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- Adrianna Hitchins, MD,
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- Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS,
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1) American Academy of Neurology, travel funding 2) International League Against Epilepsy, travel funding 3) Columbia University Medical Center, travel funding
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1) Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, VISN1 Career Development Award PI: Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS Project period: 10/01/2018 Â 9/30/2020 2) Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Pain Research, Informatics, Multimorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center, Locally Initiated Project 96-037 PI: Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS Project period: 04/01/2018 Â 03/31/2019
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1) American Academy of Neurology/American Brain Foundation: Practice Research Training Scholarship PI: Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS Project period: 07/01/2015 Â 06/30/2017 2) C. G. Swebilius Trust: Swebilius Grant PI: Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS Project period: 05/01/2018 Â 4/30/2019
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- Daniela Galluzzo, MD,
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Research sponsored by the Department of Defense
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- Kei-Hoi Cheung, PhD,
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- Joseph Goulet, PhD, MS,
1) Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development, DSMB, non-profit
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2013-present associate editor, Journal of Pain
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VA HSR&D, CIN 13-407, 10/13 - 09/23, statistician VA HSR&D, IIR 18-035, 06/19 - 05/23, PI VA HSR&D, IIR 17-228, 11/18 - 11/22, statistician VA HSR&D, IIR 16-262, 05/18 - 04/22, PI VA HSR&D, IIR 15-092, 02/17 - 01/21, statistician
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Palmer College of Chiropractic, N/A, 07/17 - 06/22, statistician
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- Melissa Skanderson, MSW,
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- Cynthia A. Brandt, MD, MPH,
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1 R01 AT008448-01 NCCIH 2017-2021 PI U24 AT009769 NCCIH 2018-2022 PI CIN 13-407 VA HSR&D COIN 2018-2023 CoI NCATS 2017-2021 CoI R01 HL125587 NHLBI 2018-2020 CoI R01 HL126770 NHLBI 2018-2020 CoI IIR 15-092 VA HSR&D 2018-2021 CoI 4UH3DA047003 NIDA/NIH/DHHS 2019-2023 CoI U19 MH108206-01 NIMD 2017-2020 CoI U24AA022001 NIAA 2016-21 PI
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- Mary Jo Pugh, PhD and
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NO COMPENSATION(1)BMC Health Services Research, Associate Editor, 2009-2017(2) BMC Geriatrics, Associate Editor, 2008-2017 (3) Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, Editorial Advisory Board, 2007-2012.
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(1) Brain Sentinel 2018; preparing protocol for RCT that will test a device in the VA population. I am not involved in the research of the device.
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Brain Sentinel 2018, $15000
(1) VA health services research and development service; PII 50 HX002767 (2018-2023)(2) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs W81XWH-16-2-0046 PI (2016-2020)(3) VA health services research and development service; Co-I; 1I01HX001056-01 (2015-2018)(4) VA health services research and development service; Co-PI; 1I01HX001304-01 (2015-2018)(5) DoD; Co-I; GRANT11769314 (2014-2019)(6) DoD/ VA Clinical Sciences Research and Development Service; Co-PI; 7) VA Rehabilitation Research and Development; PI; I21 RX002060-01 (2016-2018)(8) DoD; Co-I; W81XWH-16-2-0013 (2016-2020)(9) NICHD; PI; 5R21HD089098-02 (2016-2018)(10) VA health services research and development service; Co-PI; 1 I01 HX001682 (2016-2020)(11) DoD Epilepsy Research Program; W81XWH-17-1-0691, PI, (2016-2020)(12) DoD CDMRP, W81XWH-17-1-0691, Co-PI, (2017-2020)(13) DoD CDMRP, W81XWH-18-1-0803, Co-I (2018-2022)(14) DoD CDMRP, W81XWH-18-1-0247, PI, (2018-2021)(15) DoD CDMRP, W81XWH-18-1-0736, Co-I (2018-2020)(16) VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, 1 I01 RX003443-01, PI, (2019-2024)(17) VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, 1 I01 RX003442-01, PI, (2019-2024)(18) DoD CDMRP, W81XWH-20-1-0764, PI (2020-2024)
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- Hamada Altalib, DO, MPH
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Epilepsy.com: Wellness & Emotional Health Comorbidities in Adults Editor. 2020-current Journal of Muslim Mental Health: Chief Editor. 2010-current
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American Physician Institute: non-profit entity. Commissioned to lecture, write, and edit continuing medical education educational material.
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Commercial research support received from Eisai Medical Research, Engage Therapeutics, Pfizer, Sunovion, and UCB (not related to current manuscript).
Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Epilepsy Research Program, PI, 2017- present
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- Department of Neurology (YB, EJ-S, SA, BT, HA), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; University of Rochester Medical Center (AH); Westchester Medical Center (DG), NY; Connecticut VA Healthcare System (K-HC, JG, MS, CAB), West Haven; Department of Emergency Medicine (K-HC, JG, CAB), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven; and VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (MJP), University of Utah.
- Correspondence
Dr. Altalib Hamada.hamid{at}yale.edu
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