title: Emotional recognition in depressed epilepsy patients.
abstract: The current study examined the relationship between emotional recognition and depression using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Second Edition (MMPI-2), in a population with epilepsy. Participants were a mixture of surgical candidates in addition to those receiving neuropsychological testing as part of a comprehensive evaluation. Results suggested that patients with epilepsy reporting increased levels of depression (Scale D) performed better than those patients reporting low levels of depression on an index of simple facial recognition, and depression was associated with poor prosody discrimination. Further, it is notable that more than half of the present sample had significantly elevated Scale D scores. The potential effects of a mood-congruent bias and implications for social functioning in depressed patients with epilepsy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Dealy Hall 226, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458-9993, USA. jebrand@fordham.edu
authors.forename: Jesse G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Sarah G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Alper
authors.forename: Orrin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Devinsky
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Barr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D021641:Recognition, Psychology