Psychiatric comorbidity in relation to clinical characteristics of epilepsy: A retrospective observational study

The epidemiological link between epilepsy and psychiatric disease is well established. Virtually all psychiatric disorders are more common in people with epilepsy than in those without. A recent review based on meta-analyses of population-based studies, affirms that people with epilepsy are burdened by a high prevalence of the major psychiatric disorders, including depression (23%), anxiety (20%) and psychosis (5-7%) [1].
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research