Epilepsy and its main psychiatric comorbidities in adults and children

Abstract Psychiatric disorders seem to be more frequent in patients with epilepsy (PWE) than the general population. Although researchers have documented a strong association between epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities, the nature of this relationship is poorly understood. According to this, psyc...

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Published inJournal of the neurological sciences Vol. 343; no. 1; pp. 23 - 29
Main Authors Verrotti, Alberto, Carrozzino, Danilo, Milioni, Maddalena, Minna, Maria, Fulcheri, Mario
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2014
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Anxiety
Child
Comorbidity
Depression
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - epidemiology
Humans
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Neurology
Psychiatric comorbidities
Stress
Suicide
CWE
patients with epilepsy
adults with epilepsy
Epilepsy
Psychiatric comorbidities
Depression
Anxiety
children with epilepsy
Suicide
Stress
PWE
AWE
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Summary:Abstract Psychiatric disorders seem to be more frequent in patients with epilepsy (PWE) than the general population. Although researchers have documented a strong association between epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities, the nature of this relationship is poorly understood. According to this, psychiatric diseases are often underdiagnosed and undertreated in PWE with further decrease of the quality of life of patients. The aim of the review was to examine the most frequent psychiatric comorbidities in adults with epilepsy (AWE) and the main psychiatric comorbidities in children with epilepsy (CWE) in order to better understand the relationship between epilepsy and the development of psychiatric disorders.
ISSN:0022-510X
1878-5883
DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.043