title: Social Anxiety Level in Adult Patients With Epilepsy and Their First-Degree Cohabiting Relatives.
abstract: Epilepsy affects not only the patient but also the patient's cohabiting relatives, to various degrees. This study investigated state and trait anxiety, depression, and social fear and avoidance levels in 48 adult patients with epilepsy and 48 family members, compared with 43 healthy control subjects, using the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. The results suggested that the patients and their first-degree relatives had higher levels of depression, state and trait anxiety, and avoidance compared with healthy subjects. The mothers of patients with epilepsy had the highest level of depression and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: From the Depts. of Psychiatry (EA, NT) and Neurology (VDY), Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Altintas
authors.affiliation: From the Depts. of Psychiatry (EA, NT) and Neurology (VDY), Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: V Deniz
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Yerdelen
authors.affiliation: From the Depts. of Psychiatry (EA, NT) and Neurology (VDY), Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taskintuna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D055815:Young Adult