Neurológia pre prax 2/2012
Epilepsy and anxiety disordes
Among the psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy, anxiety and anxiety disorders are ones of the most frequent. Mainly upon the epilepsy features these conditions occur in 10–50 % of patients. However in the shadow of epileptic seizures these problems have been mostly disregarded in the past. They were not properly diagnosed and treated. Withal they have a profound influence on the quality of life of epilepsy patients. This review focuses on occurrence of anxiety disorders, their early diagnostic and treatment recommendation for the epileptological practice.
Keywords: epilepsy, psychiatric comorbidities, anxiety, treatment.
