@article{ref1,
title="Depression in epilepsy. Significance and phenomenology",
journal="Archives of neurology",
year="1986",
author="Mendez, M. F. and Cummings, J. L. and Benson, D. F.",
volume="43",
number="8",
pages="766-770",
abstract="Depression is common in epileptics, but few studies of this relationship exist. We investigated the prevalence of depression in comparably disabled outpatients and its phenomenology in psychiatrically hospitalized inpatients. Fifty-five percent of 175 outpatient epileptics and 30% of 70 matched controls reported depression; 30% of epileptics vs 7% of controls reported prior suicide attempts. Epileptics were four times more likely to have been hospitalized for depression than nonepileptics. Twenty depressed epileptic inpatients were characterized by &quot;endogenous&quot; rather than &quot;neurotic&quot; features with more psychotic traits, paranoia, and underlying chronic dysthymia. Sixteen patients had complex partial seizures, and ten of 11 patients had a lateralized electroencephalographic focus lateralized to the left hemisphere. These results suggest a specific epileptic psychosyndrome due to limbic dysfunction.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9942",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}