Prevalence and correlates of epileptic seizure in substance‐abusing subjects

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 580 - 582
• Main Authors: Mattoo, Surendra K., Singh, Shubh M., Bhardwaj, Rahul, Kumar, Suresh, Basu, Debasish, Kulhara, Parmanand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.08.2009; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; alcohol; Alcoholism - diagnosis; Alcoholism - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Comorbidity; Drug addiction; Epilepsy - diagnosis; Epilepsy - epidemiology; Female; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Humans; India - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Opioid-Related Disorders - diagnosis; Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology; opioids; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Prevalence; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk Factors; seizures; substance abuse; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - statistics & numerical data; Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; India; Human; alcohol; Drug addiction; Nervous system diseases; Prevalence; Epilepsy; Opiates; Substance abuse; Epidemiology; Opioid peptide; Cerebral disorder; Alcoholic beverage; Convulsion; Central nervous system disease; seizures; Neurological disorder; Public health; opioids

Life‐time prevalence of epileptic seizures was assessed in 626 consecutive patients treated for substance abuse. Seizures were reported in 8.63% (9.2% in alcohol abusers, 12.5% in opioid abusers). A total of 64.8% of the seizures were associated with substance use. These occurred during withdrawal i...