Age of onset and psychometric correlates of MMPI profiles in major motor epilepsy.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the MMPI performances of patients with major motor epilepsy and of nonepileptic brain damaged patients in relation to age of onset, duration of brain dysfunction and adequacy of intellectual functions. The present results suggest that MMPI indices of emotional disturbance are more closely associated with the degree of psychometric and cognitive impairment than they are with age of onset or duration of brain dysfunction. This effect is evident both in patients with major motor epilepsy and in nonepileptic brain damaged subjects.
D000367:Age Factors; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology