Psychopathology and Epilepsy

Abstract

The psychopathology of childhood epilepsy was examined by comparing symptoms in 48 children with complex partial seizures (CPS), 39 with primary generalized epilepsy with absence (PGE), and 59 nonepileptic children, aged 5 to 16 years, referred by pediatric neurologists to the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

Keywords

• psychopathology of childhood epilepsy
• complex partial seizures
• schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia