Ian Curtis: Punk rock, epilepsy, and suicide.
Ian Curtis was the front man of the post-punk band Joy Division. He suffered from epilepsy and actively incorporated his experiences of the disease in his lyrics. Curtis had frequent epileptic seizures, both on and off stage. After dying from suicide in 1980, he became a legend in the post-punk milieu. The impact which the epilepsy, the epilepsy treatment, and comorbid depression had on his artistic life and premature death is not well known.
Neuropsychology Centre, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: miatuft@neuropsychology.no.
Mia
M
Tuft
University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Warneford Hospital, United Kingdom. Electronic address: bergljot.gjelsvik@psych.ox.ac.uk.
Bergljot
B
Gjelsvik
National Centre for Epilepsy, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address: karln@ous-hf.no.
Karl O
KO
Nakken
D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology*; D005197:Famous Persons; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D012640:Seizures / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*
Depression; Epilepsy; Popular music; Seizures; Suicide