Psychopathology and temporal lobe epilepsy in adolescents

Y. Kaminer, A. Apter, A. Aviv, P. Lerman, S. Tyano

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)640-644
Number of pages5
JournalActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Volume77
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1988

Keywords

  • adolescence
  • bronchial asthma
  • temporal lobe epilepsy

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