Depression is the most frequent psychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy (PWE) with
lifetime prevalence rates ranging between 30 and 35%. Multifactorial variables play a …

Depression is the most frequent psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy. By the
same token, patients with depression are at higher risk of developing epilepsy than are …

The last decade has witnessed a significant shift on our understanding of the relationship
between psychiatric disorders and epilepsy. While traditionally psychiatric disorders were …

Today, the study of depressive disorders in epilepsy no longer is restricted to an
understanding of psychosocial causes but includes an incorporation of the recent advances …

In the last decade, multiple investigator groups have identified structural changes of various
neuroanatomic structures in patients with idiopathic major depression and bipolar disorders …

Psychiatric complications of epilepsy are multiple and result from the complex interaction
between endogenous, genetic, therapeutic, and environmental factors. The relationship …

Depressive disorders (DDs) are the most common type of psychiatric co-morbidity in patients
with epilepsy. They are more likely to occur in patients with partial seizure disorders of …

At least one third of patients with active epilepsy suffer from significant impairment of their
emotional well-being. A targeted examination for possible depression (irrespective of any …

Affective disorders and the epilepsies appear to share partially similar pathogenic
mechanisms. Predisposition to both disorders is determined genetically and experientially. A …

Mood disorders are the most frequent psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy, and in particular in
temporal lobe epilepsy. For a long time, depressive disorders were considered to be the …