Depression and Epilepsy
Clinical Neuropsychologists Prof. Sarah Wilson and Dr. Geneveive Rayner discuss why people with epilepsy have a higher rate of depression and what to do about it.
Duration: 21:00
Speakers
Prof. Sarah Wilson
Clinical Neuropsychologist, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Genevieve Rayner
Clinical Neuropsychologist, The University of Melbourne
Overview
References
Michaelis R, Tang V, Goldstein LH, Reuber M, LaFrance Jr WC, Lundgren T, Modi AC, Wagner JL. Psychological treatments for adults and children with epilepsy: Evidence‐based recommendations by the International League Against Epilepsy Psychology Task Force. Epilepsia. 2018 Jul;59(7):1282-302.
Rayner G, Jackson GD, Wilson SJ. Two distinct symptom-based phenotypes of depression in epilepsy yield specific clinical and etiological insights. Epilepsy & Behavior. 2016 Nov 1;64:336-44.
Mula M, Kanner AM, Jetté N, Sander JW. Psychiatric comorbidities in people with epilepsy. Neurology: Clinical Practice. 2021 Apr 1;11(2):e112-20.
