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Anxiety and Depression in the Epileptic Patients

The authors attempted to evaluate the severity of anxiety and depression in 36 epileptic patients who were out-patients at the department of neuropsychiatry of Kyung Hee University Hospital and Seoul National Mental Hospital in January. through March, 1988 General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Zung’s Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) were administered to control and study groups, and the scores of each checklist were compared in relation with the duration of epilepsy. The summary of the results were as follows : 1) The mean scores of GHQ were 10.67±4.92 in the epileptic patients and 6.71± 2.22 in the control subjects. There was significant difference in the GHQ scores between the epileptic patients and the control subjects 2) The mean scores of SAS were 36.67± 9.96 in the epileptic patients and 28.33±6.41 in the control subjects. The difference in the SAS scores was significant between the epileptic patients and the control subjects. 3) The mean scores of BDI were 17.94士 10.47 in the epileptic patients and 10.12 士 6.69 in the control subjects. The difference was significant. 4) The scores of 3 factors of B D I; “somatization”, Kunsatisfaction of interpersonal relationship” and “self-reproach” were significantly higher in the epileptic patients than in the control subjects. 5) The scores of GHQ, SAS and BDI were significantly lowered in epileptic patients with longer duration of illness, compared to those with shorter duration.