Psychiatric symptom profiles of patients with epilepsy: a controlled investigation.
A comparison was made of the mental state of patients with chronic epilepsy and matched controls with locomotor disorders, using a reliable psychiatric interview technique.  The symptom profiles of the two groups were similar.  The profiles of temporal lobe and other epileptics were also similar.  Epileptic patients with a high current psychiatric morbidity were characterized by a raised incidence of previous neurotic illness and raised neuroticism scores on the Eysenck Personality Inventory.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012649:Self Concept