title: Psychopathology and temporal lobe epilepsy in adolescents.
abstract: Although high rates of psychopathology in children and adolescents suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) have been reported in the literature, the subject remains controversial. In this investigation we made a psychiatric study of 26 adolescents with TLE using a detailed structure interview and rigorous diagnostic criteria. These were compared to 26 matched controls suffering from chronic bronchial asthma (BA). In neither group was there a high rate of specific psychiatric illness, although many adolescents in both samples showed moderate to severe depression. We conclude that TLE may not be a specific cause of psychopathology in adolescence, and that the depression might result from the suffering involved in chronic illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Bradley Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaminer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aviv
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lerman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyano
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011599:Psychopathology; D012803:Sick Role