Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population
A great prevalence of psychiatric disorders in epilepsy is well demonstrated, although most studies have used unstructured psychiatric interviews for diagnosis. Here we present a study evaluating the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in a cohort of Southern Brazilian patients with temporal lob...
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| author | José Augusto Bragatti Carolina Machado Torres Renata Gomes Londero Kelin Cristine Martin Ana Cláudia de Souza Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin |
| author_facet | José Augusto Bragatti Carolina Machado Torres Renata Gomes Londero Kelin Cristine Martin Ana Cláudia de Souza Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin |
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| description | A great prevalence of psychiatric disorders in epilepsy is well demonstrated, although most studies have used unstructured psychiatric interviews for diagnosis. Here we present a study evaluating the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in a cohort of Southern Brazilian patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using a structured clinical interview. We analyzed 166 patients with TLE regarding neuropsychiatric symptoms through the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. One hundred-six patients (63.9%) presented psychiatric comorbidities. Mood disorders were observed in 80 patients (48.2%), anxiety disorders in 51 patients (30.7%), psychotic disorders in 14 (8.4%), and substance abuse in 8 patients (4.8%) respectively. Our results agree with literature data where most authors detected mental disorders in 10 to 60% of epileptic patients. This wide variation is probably attributable to different patient groups investigated and to the great variety of diagnostic methods. Structured psychiatric interviews might contribute to a better evaluation of prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in TLE. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b1fe940b921428c82c7bd372302206c2022-12-21T18:53:40ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272011-04-01692a15916510.1590/S0004-282X2011000200003S0004-282X2011000200003Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian populationJosé Augusto Bragatti0Carolina Machado Torres1Renata Gomes Londero2Kelin Cristine Martin3Ana Cláudia de Souza4Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo5Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves6Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin7Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulA great prevalence of psychiatric disorders in epilepsy is well demonstrated, although most studies have used unstructured psychiatric interviews for diagnosis. Here we present a study evaluating the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in a cohort of Southern Brazilian patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using a structured clinical interview. We analyzed 166 patients with TLE regarding neuropsychiatric symptoms through the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. One hundred-six patients (63.9%) presented psychiatric comorbidities. Mood disorders were observed in 80 patients (48.2%), anxiety disorders in 51 patients (30.7%), psychotic disorders in 14 (8.4%), and substance abuse in 8 patients (4.8%) respectively. Our results agree with literature data where most authors detected mental disorders in 10 to 60% of epileptic patients. This wide variation is probably attributable to different patient groups investigated and to the great variety of diagnostic methods. Structured psychiatric interviews might contribute to a better evaluation of prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in TLE.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000200003&lng=en&tlng=encrises epilépticasepidemiologianeurologia comportamentaldoença psiquiátrica crônicaneurologia |
| spellingShingle | José Augusto Bragatti Carolina Machado Torres Renata Gomes Londero Kelin Cristine Martin Ana Cláudia de Souza Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria crises epilépticas epidemiologia neurologia comportamental doença psiquiátrica crônica neurologia |
| title | Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population |
| title_full | Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population |
| title_short | Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population |
| title_sort | prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a southern brazilian population |
| topic | crises epilépticas epidemiologia neurologia comportamental doença psiquiátrica crônica neurologia |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000200003&lng=en&tlng=en |
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