Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy in a Southern Brazilian population

Author:

Bragatti José Augusto1,Torres Carolina Machado1,Londero Renata Gomes1,Martin Kelin Cristine1,Souza Ana Cláudia de1,Hidalgo Maria Paz Loayza1,Chaves Márcia Lorena Fagundes1,Bianchin Marino Muxfeldt1

Affiliation:

1. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

Abstract

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.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Neurology,Neurology (clinical)

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