Psychopathology and temporal lobe epilepsy in adolescents |
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Authors: | Y Kaminer A Apter A Aviv P Lerman S Tyano |
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Affiliation: | Department of Child Psychiatry, Bradley Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. |
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Abstract: | Although high rates of psychopathology in children and adolescents suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) have been reported in the literature, the subject remains controversial. In this investigation we made a psychiatric study of 26 adolescents with TLE using a detailed structure interview and rigorous diagnostic criteria. These were compared to 26 matched controls suffering from chronic bronchial asthma (BA). In neither group was there a high rate of specific psychiatric illness, although many adolescents in both samples showed moderate to severe depression. We conclude that TLE may not be a specific cause of psychopathology in adolescence, and that the depression might result from the suffering involved in chronic illness. |
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Keywords: | temporal lobe epilepsy bronchial asthma adolescence |
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