Depression is more prevalent in individuals with epilepsy than in those with asthma or no chronic illnesses, a new study reports. Depressed patients also exhibit poorer seizure control and are less likely to comply with prescribed treatments.
“We epileptologists have been preaching about the importance of recognizing depression in epilepsy patients,” said Dr. Alan Ettinger, who presented the findings at the American Epilepsy Society’s 56th Annual Meeting. “But general clinicians argue that tertiary epilepsy patients have little to do with the patients in general community neurology practices, and that depression syndrome is just a statement of having any chronic disorder.”
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