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SUBMITTER: Thompson AW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2668729 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thompson Alexander W AW Miller John W JW Katon Wayne W Chaytor Naomi N Ciechanowski Paul P
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 20090220 4
The impact of mood disorders on patients with epilepsy is an important and growing area of research. If clinicians are adept at recognizing which patients with epilepsy are at risk for mood disorders, treatment can be facilitated and morbidity avoided. We completed a case-control study (80 depressed subjects, 141 nondepressed subjects) to determine the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with self-reported depression in people with epilepsy. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 was us ...[more]