Prevalence and associated risk factors of undiagnosed depression among people with epilepsy in a multiethnic society

Adult
Written By Rodrigo Silva

Tan JK, Khoo CS, Beh HC, Hod R, Baharudin A, Yahya WNNW, Tan HJ.
Epilepsy Research Volume 178, December 2021, 106772
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106772

Epilepsy is more than seizures!

This new publication by Tan et al. revealed a #prevalence of 9,3% undiagnosed major depressive disorder in patients with #epilepsy. It emphasizes the need to not only acknowledge the existence of #comorbidities, but to actively screen for #depression in patients with epilepsy. Questionnaires used in the current study were the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (#NDDI-E) and Beck’s Depression Inventory-II (#BDI-II).

 
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