The prevalence of psychosis in epilepsy; a systematic review and meta-analysis

MJ Clancy, MC Clarke, DJ Connor, M Cannon… - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Background Epilepsy has long been considered to be a risk factor for psychosis. However
there is a lack of consistency in findings across studies on the effect size of this risk which …

Depression and epilepsy: epidemiologic and neurobiologic perspectives that may explain their high comorbid occurrence

AM Kanner, SC Schachter, JJ Barry, DC Hersdorffer… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
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 and epilepsy: a new perspective on two closely related disorders

AM Kanner - Epilepsy currents, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Depression is the most frequent psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy. Yet, it remains under-
recognized and untreated in a significant number of patients. It may mimic primary …

A lifetime psychiatric history predicts a worse seizure outcome following temporal lobectomy

AM Kanner, R Byrne, A Chicharro, J Wuu, M Frey - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Purpose: To identify the psychiatric and epilepsy variables predictive of postsurgical seizure
outcome after anterotemporal lobectomy (ATL). Methods: Retrospective study of 100 …

Changes in depression and anxiety after resective surgery for epilepsy

O Devinsky, WB Barr, BG Vickrey, AT Berg, CW Bazil… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine changes in depression and anxiety after resective surgery.
Methods: Data from subjects enrolled in a prospective multicenter study of resective epilepsy …

Neuropsychiatric symptomatology predicts seizure recurrence in newly treated patients

S Petrovski, CEI Szoeke, NC Jones, MR Salzberg… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To test the hypothesis that neuropsychiatric symptomatology is predictive of the
success of seizure control in patients newly treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and that …

Antidepressants for people with epilepsy and depression

MJ Maguire, AG Marson… - Cochrane Database of …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Depressive disorders are the most common psychiatric comorbidity in people
with epilepsy, affecting around one‐third, with a significant negative impact on quality of life …

Depression in epilepsy: a neurobiologic perspective

AM Kanner - Epilepsy currents, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Psychiatric issues in epilepsy: the complex relation of mood, anxiety disorders, and epilepsy

AM Kanner - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2009 - Elsevier
The comorbid psychiatric disorders in patients with epilepsy have been neglected for a long
time. And yet, epidemiological studies have demonstrated a relatively high prevalence of …

Depressive disorders in epilepsy

AM Kanner - Depression in neurologic disorders: diagnosis and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Depressive disorders are the most frequent psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy, occurring in
one out of every three to four patients in the course of their life. Unfortunately, depressive …