The relationship between epilepsy and anxiety disorders

C Hingray, A McGonigal, I Kotwas… - Current psychiatry …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The current review aims at providing an overview of relevant
aspects of anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders (AD) in adults patients with epilepsy …

Prevalence of anxiety disorders in epilepsy

MS Wiglusz, J Landowski, WJ Cubała - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Anxiety disorders (ADs) are common in patients with epilepsy (PWE). The
aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of specific ADs in outpatients with epilepsy …

Epilepsy and anxiety: epidemiology, classification, aetiology, and treatment

VK Kimiskidis, T Valeta - Epileptic disorders, 2012 - Springer
Anxiety in epilepsy has recently become a focus of interest for a number of reasons.
Epidemiological studies have established that anxiety disorders are twice as common in …

Anxiety in patients with epilepsy: systematic review and suggestions for clinical management

S Beyenburg, AJ Mitchell, D Schmidt, CE Elger… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2005 - Elsevier
Up to 50 or 60% of patients with chronic epilepsy have various mood disorders including
depression and anxiety. Whereas the relationship between epilepsy and depression has …

Clinical presentation of anxiety among patients with epilepsy

M López-Gómez, M Espinola… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Different factors have been related with interictal anxiety, reported in 10%–25% of patients
with epilepsy. We determined the frequency of interictal anxiety in 196 patients with active …

Anxiety and epilepsy: what neurologists and epileptologists should know

HM Munger Clary - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2014 - Springer
Although there has been increasing recognition of psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy, most
research and attention in this area has focused on depression. However, comorbid anxiety …

Anxiety is common and independently associated with clinical features of epilepsy

HMM Clary, BM Snively, MJ Hamberger - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to assess for independent association of anxiety
symptoms with epilepsy localization and other epilepsy-related and demographic factors in …

Anxiety and depressive disorders in people with epilepsy: a meta‐analysis

AJ Scott, L Sharpe, C Hunt, M Gandy - Epilepsia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders in people with epilepsy (PWE) are
highly prevalent and associated with various adverse outcomes. However, the prevalence of …

Epilepsy and anxiety

MA Goldstein, CL Harden - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2000 - Elsevier
Although the affective and cognitive effects of seizures have long received attention, the
anxiety spectrum of psychiatric complications of epilepsy has not been well-studied. Neither …

Design and validation of two measures to detect anxiety disorders in epilepsy: The Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument and its brief counterpart

AJ Scott, L Sharpe, Z Thayer, LA Miller, C Hunt… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The study objective was to develop and validate the first epilepsy‐specific anxiety
survey instrument (Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument [EASI]) alongside a briefer screening …