A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Children with Epilepsy (ILAE Task Force Report): Epidemiology of psychiatric/behavioural disorder in children with epilepsy




AuthorsMatti Sillanpää, Frank Besag, Albert Aldenkamp, Rochelle Caplan, David W. Dunn, Giuseppe Gobbi

Publication year2016

JournalEpileptic Disorders

Volume18

IssueSuppl 1

First page S2

Last pageS7

Number of pages6

ISSN1294-9361

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2016.0810

Web address http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1684/epd.2016.0810/full


Abstract

Psychiatric/behavioural problems can have a major effect on quality of life. Epidemiological studies in Europe, Scandinavia and the USA have confirmed a high rate of psychiatric disorder in children with epilepsy, typically around 35 to 50%. In children with additional impairment, particularly those with intellectual disability, the rates are even higher, over 50%. Determining the causes of these high rates and deciding on the best strategies, either for prevention or for optimal management, remain major challenges.



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