Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy
- Author:
Sung-Pa Park
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Neurology Asia
2013;18(s1):35-37
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
People with epilepsy have a higher risk of developing psychiatric problems than the general population.
The degree of affective symptoms such as depression and anxiety was affected by seizure control
and epileptic syndromes. The higher degree of depression symptoms was more likely to elicit the
suicidal ideation, psychosocial problems, adverse events of antiepileptic drugs, and poor quality of
life. Antiepileptic drugs also provoke various psychiatric problems in people with epilepsy due to
their specifi c action mechanisms on epilepsy. Carbamazepine, valproate, and lamotrigine can be used
as a mood stabilizer, whereas phenobarbital, vigabatrin, topiramate, and levetiracetam may cautiously
apply to PWE with psychiatric comorbidity.
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