Open AccessThe ego-function and sexuality in male and female patients with epilepsy
Author(s) -
V. G. Sosnina,
D. M. Saraykin,
Л. В. Липатова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
èpilepsiâ i paroksizmalʹnye sostoâniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2311-4088
pISSN - 2077-8333
DOI - 10.17749/2077-8333.2018.10.2.019-025
Subject(s) - human sexuality , id, ego and super ego , epilepsy , psychology , anxiety , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , gender studies , sociology
Aim: to study the sexuality aspects of the “Ego-function” in male and female patients with epilepsy. Material and methods. A group of 102 respondents (52 patients diagnosed with epilepsy and 50 apparently healthy subjects) aged 19 to 45 years were examined with the help of a clinical interview and the Ammon’s Ego-Structure Test. Results. We found significant differences between men and women with epilepsy when the patients were tested for “destructive anxiety”, “constructive outer ego-demarcation”, “deficient outer ego-demarcation”, “constructive sexuality”, and “deficient sexuality”. Also, significant differences were found between women in the “healthy” and “epilepsy” groups when they were scored for “destructive anxiety”, “deficit outer ego-demarcation”, and “deficient sexuality”. Likewise, significant differences were noted between men in these two groups when scored for “deficient aggression”, “constructive outer ego-demarcation”, and “deficient sexuality”. Conclusion. Formation and maintenance of normal sexuality in patients with epilepsy is impaired by the disabled central Ego-functions.