Depression, sleep quality, and social isolation among people with epilepsy in Bhutan: A cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our exploratory study disentangles the multilayered psychosocial burden of disease experienced by PWE in Bhutan, a lower-middle-income country with access to antiseizure medications and psychiatrists but not expert epilepsy services or human resources. Further investigation into the interrelationships among social isolation, poor sleep quality, depression, and seizure burden could identify preventable and remediable constituents of this burden.
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Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - September 14, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Stauder M, Vogel AC, Nirola DK, Tshering L, Dema U, Dorji C, Dorji L, Mateen FJ, Bhutan Epilepsy Project Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research