TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychopathology and temporal lobe epilepsy in adolescents
AU - Kaminer, Y.
AU - Apter, A.
AU - Aviv, A.
AU - Lerman, P.
AU - Tyano, S.
PY - 1988/6
Y1 - 1988/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - adolescence
KW - bronchial asthma
KW - temporal lobe epilepsy
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb05182.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb05182.x
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C2 - 3407433
AN - SCOPUS:0023938996
SN - 0001-690X
VL - 77
SP - 640
EP - 644
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
IS - 6
ER -