The best evidence supporting a link between suicide and the medical conditions of epilepsy, dementia, cerebrovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, head injury, and brain tumor is that these conditions:
a. involve diminished functioning
b. do not respond quickly or well to current treatment
c. involve brain centers that affect judgment and mood
d. are incurable diseases
C
Suicidal ideations and risk for suicide is perhaps higher among persons with chronic medical conditions, especially those that result in pain, serious risk to life, or severe physical limitations. The best evidence supports a link between suicide and the following conditions: epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease, dementia, multiple sclerosis, head injury, and brain tumor. In all of these conditions brain centers affecting impulse, judgment, or affect might be involved. Two other conditions that appear to have increased suicide rates, lupus and Huntington's disease, may likewise affect both mood and overall cerebral functioning.
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