Psychiatric morbidity in Nigerian adolescents with epilepsy
| Autor: | Abiodun O. Adewuya, Bola A. Ola, John A.O. Okeniyi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Generalized anxiety disorder business.industry medicine.disease Epilepsy Conduct disorder Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Anxiety Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business Psychiatry Diagnostic interview schedule Anxiety disorder Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Neurology. :153-158 |
| ISSN: | 1875-9041 1304-2580 |
| Popis: | To investigate the rate and type of psychiatric diagnosis in a group of Nigerian adolescents with epilepsy. Adolescents with epilepsy ( n = 166) aged 12 to 18 years and healthy controls ( n = 170) and their adult caretakers were interviewed with the youth and parent versions of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children version IV (DISC IV). The rate of any psychiatric disorder in adolescents with epilepsy is 65.1%; any anxiety disorder is 33.1%; any depressive disorder is 30.1% and any disruptive disorder is 25.9%. Adolescents with epilepsy have significant higher risk for generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorders, major depressive disorders, dysthymia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder than healthy controls. Psychiatric morbidity is mainly associated with frequency of seizures ( P P |
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