The effect of depression on academic achievement in children with epilepsy

Tosun, Ayşe; Gökçen, Sezen; Özbaran, Burcu; Serdaroğlu, Gül; Polat, Muzaffer; Tekgül, Hasan; Gökben, Sarenur

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.05.016

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“…The fact that perception of stigma predicts depression in this study shows that perception of stigma is a major factor in developing depression among children and adolescents with epilepsy. This result corroborates those of previous authors who had reported direct association between perceive stigma and depression in the underage with epilepsy [27][28][29][30][31][32][33].…”

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“…In Nigeria, the prevalence of psychiatry disorders in children and adolescents with epilepsy ranged between 30% and 90% [27][28][29]. While studies from the western world reported prevalence ranging between 23% -70.5% [4,[30][31][32][33]. Several studies have reported the negative impact of epilepsy in a child's education, perceived stigma and quality of life [4,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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Psychosocial Correlates of Depression in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy in a Nigeria Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

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Psychosocial Correlates of Depression in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy in a Nigeria Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

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“…It allows building different profiles on the same child, presenting itself as a tool for probing psychopathology 7 . Children with epilepsy had higher psychopathology indexes when compared with the control group on most scores, corroborating the literature 13,14,15,16 . The findings by Stefanello et al 19 indicate an increased risk of depression and anxiety among people with epilepsy suffering from more than one psychiatric disease.…”

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“…By applying CBCL, it is possible to categorize the psychopathology's severity (border, clinical, nonclinical) which can be used to guide treatment; however, it does not define the specific type of psychopathology. Other studies using the K-SADS 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 prospectively found that children and adolescents with epilepsy present high rates of psychiatric disorders and behavior problems, and that those rates remain high over time.…”

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Mental health of children and adolescents with epilepsy: analysis of clinical and neuropsichological aspects

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Lima

Fonseca

et al. 2014

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Epilepsy compromises the development of cognitive and social skills and represents a risk of psychiatric comorbidity. Objective: To compare psychopathological symptoms in children with epilepsy and in a healthy group, and to correlate the results with neuropsychological and clinical variables. Method: Forty five children with idiopathic epilepsy and sixty five healthy controls underwent neuropsychological evaluation and their caregivers replied to a psychopathology questionnaire (Child Behavior Checklist -CBCL). Results: : There were significant differences in CBCL, with poorer results showed mainly by patients with epilepsy. There was no significant association between any psychopathological symptom and disease duration or amount of antiepileptic drugs used. There was positive correlation between intelligence quocient and CBCL on items such as sluggish cognitive tempo, aggressive behavior, attention problems and activities and a negative relation between academic achievement, conduct and rule-breaking behavior. Conclusion: Children with epilepsy had the worse results in the psychopathology evaluation. Certain psychopathological variables are related to the cognitive profile, with no relation to clinical variables.Keywords: epilepsy, children, adolescent, neuropsychology, psychopathology, mental health. RESUMOA epilepsia compromete o desenvolvimento de habilidades cognitivas e sociais e representa um risco para comorbidade psiquiátrica. Objetivo: Comparar sintomas psicopatológicos em crianças com epilepsia e um grupo saudável, e correlacionar os resultados com variáveis neuropsicológicas e clínicas. Método: Quarenta e cinco crianças com epilepsia idiopática e sessenta e cinco controles saudáveis foram submetidos à avaliação neuropsicológica e seus cuidadores responderam a um questionário de psicopatologia (Child Behavior Checklist -CBCL). Resultados: Houve diferenças significativas no CBCL, com piores resultados principalmente para pacientes com epilepsia. Não houve associação significativa entre os resultados e duração da doença ou número de drogas antiepilépticas. Houve relação positiva entre quociente de inteligência e CBCL em itens como tempo cognitivo lento, comportamento agressivo, problemas de atenção e atividades e uma relação negativa entre o desempenho acadêmico e conduta e comportamento de quebras de regra. Conclusão: Crianças com epilepsia apresentaram piores resultados em psicopatologia, com certas variáveis psicopatológicas relacionadas ao perfil cognitivo, mas sem relação com variáveis clínicas.Palavras-chave: epilepsia, crianças, adolescentes, neuropsicologia, psicopatologia, saúde mental.Although the most specific characteristic of epilepsy is the epileptic seizure, the condition involves mental problems, including learning disorders, compromised quality of life and psychopathology. Such problems arise from a complex sum of factors related to ethiology, therapy, seizure per se, as well as individual and social-familiar aspects.Rates of mental disorder in children and adolescents with epi...

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Depression and anxiety in childhood epilepsy: A review

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Agnew²,

Neville³

2011

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Population based studies suggest that symptoms of depression and anxiety are more frequent in children and adolescents with epilepsy compared with the general population. In terms of the manifestations of symptoms of depression and anxiety, there would appear to some symptoms unique to epilepsy in that they are associated with seizures and/or antiepileptic medications but these idiosyncratic symptoms remain under reported and have not been extensively studied. In terms of correlates of significant symptoms of depression and anxiety in children with epilepsy, some reports indicate that seizure variables (e.g., seizure frequency) and use of polytherapy are associated with increases in symptoms whereas other studies have not found this relationship. Child and family attitude/adaptation to epilepsy may also be risk factors for depression and anxiety but more research is needed in this area. The assessment of symptoms of depression and anxiety in children with epilepsy can be challenging given the possible role of seizures and AEDs, and comprehensive assessment will involve the use of screening measures, diagnostic interviews and a consideration of epilepsy specific factors. There have been few studies carried out with respect to the treatment of symptoms and depression and anxiety in children and adolescents with epilepsy. There is a significant need for a greater understanding of the nature of symptoms of depression and anxiety in children with epilepsy to inform treatment decisions. While treatment of epilepsy specific symptoms of depression and anxiety may involve an evaluation of the current epilepsy treatment protocols, there may also be a need for pharmacological and/or psychotherapeutic interventions in the treatment of symptoms of depression and anxiety which are not epilepsy specific.

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The effect of depression on academic achievement in children with epilepsy

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Psychosocial Correlates of Depression in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy in a Nigeria Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

Psychosocial Correlates of Depression in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy in a Nigeria Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

Mental health of children and adolescents with epilepsy: analysis of clinical and neuropsichological aspects

Depression and anxiety in childhood epilepsy: A review

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