title: [Depressive disorders in patients in remission of epilepsy].
abstract: Based on the complex study of 150 patients with different forms of epilepsy in the remission phase, we singled out a group of 68 (45.3%) patients with depressive disorders. Variants of depressive disorders and their EEG-characteristics were described. Depressive disorders were stratified by the causes, course and response to pharmacotherapy into following variants: depressive disorders caused by the epileptic process per se; organic depressive disorder and disorder of adaptation with depression and anxiety-depressive disorders. Functional neuroimaging methods suggest the involvement of both the limbic system and cortical structures, with the elevated activity of the left hemisphere, in the development of depression.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rogacheva
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Mel'nikova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D055815:Young Adult