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The Influence of Seizure Type and Medication on Psychiatric Symptoms in Epileptic Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. W. Brown ,
M. E. L. McGowan  and
E. H. Reynolds
S. W. Brown
Affiliation:
The David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy, Warford, Nr. Alderley Edge, Cheshire SK9 7UD
M. E. L. McGowan
Affiliation:
University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Kings College Hospital Medical School, London SE5
E. H. Reynolds*
Affiliation:
University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Kings College Hospital Medical School, London SE5
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The influence of type of seizure and medication on psychological disability was assessed using the Standard Psychiatric Interview in matched epileptic patients. In comparison to patients with idiopathic tonic-clonic seizures, those with temporal lobe epilepsy complained of more irritability and impaired concentration, and were rated as more depressed and slowed up. Compared to patients on phenytoin, those on carbamazepine complained of more sleep disturbance and were more likely to be taking an hypnotic.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 3 , March 1986 , pp. 300 - 304
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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