Open AccessSystematic Literature Review of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Adults with Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Elaine Lu,
Nataliya Pyatka,
Christopher J. Burant,
Martha Sajatovic
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurology/the journal of clinical neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2005-5013
pISSN - 1738-6586
DOI - 10.3988/jcn.2021.17.2.176
Subject(s) - epilepsy , psychiatry , medicine , psychology
Mental illness is disproportionately common in people with epilepsy (PWE). This systematic literature review identified original research articles that reported the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities based upon clinical assessments in a sample of PWE and assessed the clinical features of the populations found in studies included in our review of mental health comorbidity.