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Common psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: How big of a problem is it?

Salpekar, JA; Mula, M (2019) Common psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: How big of a problem is it? Epilepsy Behav, 98 (B). pp. 293-297. ISSN 1525-5069 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.07.023
SGUL Authors: Mula, Marco

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Abstract

Psychiatric illness and epilepsy commonly co-occur in adults and in children and adolescents. Theories of comorbidity are complex, but recurring associations between the conditions suggest overlap that is more than simple co-occurrence. Common underlying pathophysiology may imply that epilepsy itself may constituently include psychiatric symptoms. Conditions such as depression or cognitive difficulties commonly occur and in some cases, are considered to be associated with specific epilepsy characteristics such as localization or seizure type. Regardless of etiologic attributions to psychiatric comorbidity, it is clear today that treatment for epilepsy needs to target psychiatric illness. In many cases, quality-of-life improvements depend more upon addressing psychiatric symptoms than seizures themselves.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords: Behavior, Cognitive, Comorbidity, Depression, Diagnosis, Epilepsy, Psychiatry, Neurology & Neurosurgery, 1103 Clinical Sciences
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE)
Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE) > Centre for Clinical Education (INMECE )
Journal or Publication Title: Epilepsy Behav
ISSN: 1525-5069
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
September 2019Published
25 August 2018Published Online
24 July 2018Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
PubMed ID: 30149996
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/110181
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.07.023

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