Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood-onset epilepsy

• Published in: Epilepsy & behavior Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 550 - 555
• Main Authors: Berg, Anne T., Caplan, Rochelle, Hesdorffer, Dale C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age of Onset; Child; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - complications; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - epidemiology; Childhood; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Developmental Disabilities - complications; Developmental Disabilities - epidemiology; Epilepsy; Epilepsy - complications; Epilepsy - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Mental Disorders - classification; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Neurology; Psychiatric disorders; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Comorbidity; Psychiatric disorders; Epilepsy; Childhood

Childhood-onset epilepsy is associated with psychiatric and cognitive difficulties and with poor social outcomes in adulthood. In a prospective cohort of young people with epilepsy, we studied psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy-related characteristics, all factors that may inf...