Clinical correlates of schizotypy in patients with epilepsy.
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.
Mula
Marco
M
Department of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara 28100, Italy. marco.mula@med.unipm.it
Cavanna
Andrea
A
Collimedaglia
Laura
L
Viana
Michele
M
Barbagli
Davide
D
Tota
Grazia
G
Cantello
Roberto
R
Monaco
Francesco
F
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