ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners1999
Assessing the psychosocial consequences of epilepsy: a community-based study.
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- Redefining the practical roles of psychiatrists in epilepsy care: A framework for collaboration in Japan.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Review
- Prediction and detection of human epileptic seizures based on SIFT-MS chemometric data.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Development and validation of a predictive model of drug-resistant genetic generalized epilepsy.Neurology · 2020Observational
- The association between temperament features and childhood traumas in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsyTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2020Article
- Sociodemographic and Clinical Variables of Depression among Patients with Epilepsy in a Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Nigeria.Depression research and treatment · 2020Article
- The Gut-Brain-Axis on the Manifestation of Depressive Symptoms in Epilepsy: An Evidence-Driven Hypothesis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
- Mood disorders in familial epilepsy: A test of shared etiology.Epilepsia · 2018Article
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- A case of interictal dysphoric disorder comorbid with interictal psychosis: Part of the same spectrum or separate entities?Epilepsy & behavior case reports · 2018Article
- Hippocampal granule cell pathology in epilepsy - a possible structural basis for comorbidities of epilepsy?Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2014Review
- Depression and anxiety in people with epilepsy.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2014Review
- The interictal dysphoric disorder of epilepsy: a still open debate.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2013Review
- Depression, stress, epilepsy and adult neurogenesis.Experimental neurology · 2012Review
- Incidence and predictive factors of depressive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: the REAL.FR study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2011Article
- Antiepileptic drugs and suicidality.Drug, healthcare and patient safety · 2010Article
- Depression in epilepsy: mechanisms and therapeutic approach.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2009Article
- Amygdala volume and psychopathology in childhood complex partial seizures.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2008Article
- Depression and anxiety in epilepsy: the association with demographic and seizure-related variables.Annals of general psychiatry · 2007Article
- The promise of new antiepileptic drugs.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2002Review
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have measured, using validated scales, the psychosocial handicap of epilepsy in a general practice setting.
aimTo assess the prevalence of psychosocial problems associated with epilepsy.
methodA survey was undertaken of 309 subjects, with one or more non-febrile epileptic seizures, drawn from two general practices in the United Kingdom (UK). The outcome measures were the Subjective Handicap of Epilepsy Scale (SHE), the SF-36, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD).
resultsOne-third of persons with active epilepsy were significantly handicapped by their condition. The severity of subjective handicap was related to seizure frequency and to the duration of remission of seizures. Between one-third and one-half of subjects scored as 'cases' on the HAD scale and on the mental health subscale of the SF-36. Only one-third of the psychiatric morbidity revealed by the questionnaires had been recognized by the general practitioner (GP). Scores on the SF-36 indicated that people with active seizures perceived themselves as significantly less healthy than those in remission, and that, for persons in remission, drug treatment had a detrimental effect on certain aspects of well-being.
conclusionsThe occurrence of seizures, even at low frequencies, is associated with psychosocial handicap, and this may remain covert in general practice.
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