Abstract
Patients with epilepsy have a higher incidence of psychiatric disorders more than non epileptic individuals. Disturbances, such as depression, irritability, personality abnormalities with consequent disorders of interpersonal relations, probably result from a variety of facts, as reactions of social and familiar network, AED therapy, brain damage. We studied a group of 28 patients affected by drug-resistant partial epilepsy, evaluated for epilepsy surgery, by means of clinical interview and standardized psychodiagnostic protocol. A high incidence (63,4%) of psychiatric disorders was disclosed.
| Translated title of the contribution | Assessing personality and psychopathology in patients affected by drug-resistant partial epilepsy evaluated for epilepsy surgery |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 221-222 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Bollettino - Lega Italiana contro l'Epilessia |
| Issue number | 113-114 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
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Meldolesi, G. N., Di Gennaro, G., Grammaldo, L. G., Giallonardo, A. T., Colazza, G. B., Esposito, V., Manfredi, M., & Quarato, P. P. (2001). Personalità e psicopatologia in pazienti affetti da epilessia parziale farmacoresistente candidati a intervento neurochirurgico. Bollettino - Lega Italiana contro l'Epilessia, (113-114), 221-222.