Screening for Depression and Anxiety in Epilepsy

Kirsten M. Fiest, Scott B. Patten, Nathalie Jetté

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Abstract

Depression and anxiety are common comorbidities of epilepsy and have far-reaching effects on patients, family, and the health care system. Although the burden of these conditions is high, a majority of cases are undetected and untreated. Screening tools can be a fast way to establish the presence of clinically relevant symptoms of depression and anxiety in epilepsy. Depression tools have been extensively studied in epilepsy, although no scale has been definitively established for use in this population. Anxiety has been understudied in epilepsy; few scales exist to measure anxiety and these scales have not been well validated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)351-361
Number of pages11
JournalNeurologic Clinics
Volume34
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Epilepsy
  • Measurement
  • Screening

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