title: Clinic-friendly screening for cognitive and mental health problems in school-aged youth with epilepsy.
abstract: Cognitive, psychiatric, psychosocial, and behavioral difficulties are common in youth with epilepsy. Collectively, these comorbidities can be referred to as mental health problems as they reflect brain and behavioral function. Detection and treatment of mental health problems remain an unmet need in epilepsy care that can impact epilepsy, psychosocial, scholastic, and quality-of-life outcomes. Given limited resources in everyday pediatric epilepsy practice, this targeted review provides a stratified plan and suggested tools for screening school-aged youth with epilepsy for the presence of mental health problems. Comanagement of epilepsy and associated comorbidities is a newer concept that may help address the complex, long-term needs of patients by using a multidisciplinary team approach and by engaging primary care providers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: asatomr@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Miya R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Asato
authors.affiliation: Psychology, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, St. Paul, MN, USA. Electronic address: jdoss@mnepilepsy.net.
authors.forename: Julia L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Doss
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: splioply@luriechildrens.org.
authors.forename: Sigita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Plioplys
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010372:Pediatrics; D012574:Schools
keywords: Behavior; Children; Comorbidity