Interictal psychiatric morbidity and focus of epilepsy in treatment-refractory patients admitted to an epilepsy unit.
Of 71 consecutive patients admitted to an epilepsy unit of a general hospital, 32 (45%) were classified as having psychiatric disorders by using the General Health Questionnaire. No differences were evident to support a specific relationship between the type or focus of epilepsy and psychopathology.
Manchanda
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Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
Schaefer
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McLachlan
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Blume
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D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index