Interictal psychiatric morbidity and focus of epilepsy in treatment-refractory patients admitted to an epilepsy unit

R Manchanda; B Schaefer; R S McLachlan; W T Blume

doi:10.1176/ajp.149.8.1096

Interictal psychiatric morbidity and focus of epilepsy in treatment-refractory patients admitted to an epilepsy unit

Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Aug;149(8):1096-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.149.8.1096.

Authors

R Manchanda¹, B Schaefer, R S McLachlan, W T Blume

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 1636809
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.149.8.1096

Abstract

Of 71 consecutive patients admitted to an epilepsy unit of a general hospital, 32 (45%) were classified as having psychiatric disorders by using the General Health Questionnaire. No differences were evident to support a specific relationship between the type or focus of epilepsy and psychopathology.

MeSH terms

Adult
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy / complications*
Epilepsy / physiopathology
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / complications
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / physiopathology
Female
Functional Laterality / physiology
Hospitalization*
Hospitals, General
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / complications
Mental Disorders / diagnosis
Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Severity of Illness Index