Clinical correlates of negative health events in a research sample with epilepsy.

CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with previous literature, more frequent seizures were associated with worse depression severity and quality of life. A finding that is less established is that higher seizure frequency is also associated with worse epilepsy-related stigma. Epilepsy self-management approaches need to address depression and stigma as well as seizure control.
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Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - December 23, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Kumar N, Colon-Zimmermann K, Fuentes-Casiano E, Liu H, Tatsuoka C, Cassidy KA, Kahriman M, Chen P, Sajatovic M Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research