Anxiety disorders in predominantly African American and Caribbean American adults with intractable epilepsy: The role of perceived epilepsy stigma.

CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety disorders were prevalent in these predominantly African American and Caribbean American PWE. Epilepsy-specific risk factors included convulsive seizures, seizure worry, and perceived epilepsy stigma. Interventions aimed at treating anxiety disorders in diverse PWE may especially benefit from targeting stigma beliefs. PMID: 31419635 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - August 12, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Margolis SA, Gonzalez JS, Faria C, Kenney L, Grant AC, Nakhutina L Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research