title: Epilepsy and its main psychiatric comorbidities in adults and children.
abstract: Psychiatric disorders seem to be more frequent in patients with epilepsy (PWE) than the general population. Although researchers have documented a strong association between epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities, the nature of this relationship is poorly understood. According to this, psychiatric diseases are often underdiagnosed and undertreated in PWE with further decrease of the quality of life of patients. The aim of the review was to examine the most frequent psychiatric comorbidities in adults with epilepsy (AWE) and the main psychiatric comorbidities in children with epilepsy (CWE) in order to better understand the relationship between epilepsy and the development of psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Perugia, Piazza Università 1, Perugia 06123, Italy. Electronic address: averrott@unich.it.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verrotti
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Advanced Studies, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti 66013, Italy.
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carrozzino
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Perugia, Piazza Università 1, Perugia 06123, Italy.
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milioni
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Advanced Studies, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti 66013, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minna
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Humanistic and Territorial Sciences, University "G. D'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti 66013, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fulcheri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Epilepsy; Psychiatric comorbidities; Stress; Suicide