Assessment and Management of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy

Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with epilepsy are common comorbidities which place a significant burden on patients and families and complicate the clinical management of epilepsy. This paper presents a narrative review on the aetiology, phenomenology, assessment, and management o...

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Published in:Behavioural neurology 2019-01, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-4
Main Authors: Plevin, David, Smith, Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anticonvulsants
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety - therapy
Child
Child psychopathology
Chronic illnesses
Comorbidity
Depression - psychology
Depression - therapy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - complications
Epilepsy - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Mental depression
Psychological aspects
Quality of Life - psychology
Review
Systematic review
Teenagers
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Summary:Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with epilepsy are common comorbidities which place a significant burden on patients and families and complicate the clinical management of epilepsy. This paper presents a narrative review on the aetiology, phenomenology, assessment, and management of depression and anxiety among paediatric patients with epilepsy. The recognition of affective comorbidity in paediatric epilepsy is limited at present, and the contributory role of antiepileptic medication towards such comorbidity must be considered by clinicians.
ISSN:0953-4180
1875-8584
DOI:10.1155/2019/2571368