title: Clinical correlates of schizotypy in patients with epilepsy.
abstract: Clinical correlates of schizotypy were evaluated in 89 adult consecutive outpatients with epilepsy, using the Beck Depression Inventory, the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Age at onset of the epilepsy significantly correlated with the constricted affect subscale of the SPQ, while a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy correlated with the total SPQ score, the cognitive-perceptual factor of the SPQ, and the suspiciousness subscale of the SPQ. Schizotypal symptoms correlated with early onset of the seizures and a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy, further confirming an association between psychoses and epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara 28100, Italy. marco.mula@med.unipm.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mula
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavanna
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Collimedaglia
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barbagli
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tota
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cantello
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monaco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult