Psychiatric disorders occur more often in persons with epilepsy (PWE) than in the general population and persons with other neurological diseases [1]. The prevalence of depressive disorders ranges from 30% to 50%, and though neglected for a long time, anxiety disorders occur in 25 to 52% [2–5], with prevalence of 19.6% for anxiety disorders in persons with drug-resistance epilepsy [4]. Interictal psychiatric disorders and symptoms increase the burden of living with epilepsy [2], and are associated with adverse outcomes, poor quality of life, increased suicide risk, drug-resistance, and worse surgical outcomes [1,2].
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