Psychiatric disorders in temporal lobe epilepsy patients over the first year after surgical treatment

摘要: Summary Objective To evaluate the psychiatric disorders over a 1-year period in group of TLE patients who underwent surgery. Methods Prospective, open study sample 70 patients. Psychiatric disorders' assessment was made before surgery, and at 1, 6 12 months after with structured clinical diagnostic interview for DSM-IV axis I diagnoses (SCID). Presurgical neurological variables were compared outcomes surgery course pathology follow-up through parametric non-parametric tests. Results Depression decreased from 17.2% to 4.3% ( χ 2 =5.41, d.f.=1, p =0.071), anxiety 21.5% 14.2% =10.309, X =9.87, gl=1, ≤0.001), presurgical evaluation =12.02, or both conditions =15.28, Conclusions Surgery does not worsen global psychopathological status. morbidity found be related presence Specific should