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Neurology India
Medknow Publications on behalf of the Neurological Society of India
ISSN: 0028-3886
EISSN: 0028-3886
Vol. 50, No. 2, 2002, pp. 153-157
Bioline Code: ni02044
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge

Neurology India, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2002, pp. 153-157

 en Social Factors and Psychopathology in Epilepsy
N. Cyriac, P.N. Sureshkumar, A.M. Kunhikoyamu, A.S. Girija

Abstract

One hundred and six epilepsy patients were assessed over a period of 6 months for psychiatric morbidity, social support, stressful life events in previous year and disability. 45 patients (42.45%) had a psychiatric diagnosis. Organic depressive disorder headed the list (16.98%) followed by mild cognitive disorder (11.32%) and tobacco dependence (8.49%). There was no significant difference in the mean age, sex, mean education, age at onset of epilepsy, duration of epilepsy, psychiatric diagnosis, mean scores on social support scale, presumptive stressful life event scale and disability assessment schedule between different types of epilepsy. The difference in mean scores of presumptive stressful life events scale and disability assessment schedule between epileptics with and without psychiatric diagnosis was not statistically significant.

Keywords
Epilepsy, Depression, Cognitive disorder, Social support, Stressful life events

 
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