TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychopathology in pediatric complex partial and primary generalized epilepsy
AU - Caplan, Rochelle
AU - Arbelle, Shoshana
AU - Magharious, Wagdan
AU - Guthrie, Donald
AU - Komo, Scott
AU - Donald Shields, W.
AU - Chayasirisobhon, Sirichai
AU - Hansen, Rebecca
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - Structured psychiatric interviews were administered to 60 children with complex partial seizure disorder (CPS), 40 children with primary generalized epilepsy with absences (PGE), and 48 control children, aged 5 to 16 years. Significantly more patients with epilepsy had psychiatric diagnoses compared with the control children. There were no statistically significant differences, however, in the number of patients with CPS and PGE with psychiatric diagnoses. Other than a schizophrenia-like psychosis found only in the patients with CPS, the two groups of patients had similar psychiatric diagnoses. The presence of psychopathology was related to significantly lower IQ scores and socioeconomic status, but not to seizure-related factors. These findings suggest that the psychopathology of children with CPS and PGE reflects different subtle neuropsychological deficits.
AB - Structured psychiatric interviews were administered to 60 children with complex partial seizure disorder (CPS), 40 children with primary generalized epilepsy with absences (PGE), and 48 control children, aged 5 to 16 years. Significantly more patients with epilepsy had psychiatric diagnoses compared with the control children. There were no statistically significant differences, however, in the number of patients with CPS and PGE with psychiatric diagnoses. Other than a schizophrenia-like psychosis found only in the patients with CPS, the two groups of patients had similar psychiatric diagnoses. The presence of psychopathology was related to significantly lower IQ scores and socioeconomic status, but not to seizure-related factors. These findings suggest that the psychopathology of children with CPS and PGE reflects different subtle neuropsychological deficits.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12357.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12357.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031744081
SN - 0012-1622
VL - 40
SP - 805
EP - 811
JO - Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
JF - Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
IS - 12
ER -