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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by abnormal neuronal activity [1] with recurrent seizures. Lifetime rates of psychiatric illness (10-50% of depressive disorders, 10-44% of anxiety disorders, and 15-40% of personality disorders) in persons with epilepsy (PWEs) are higher than in the general population but lower than in those with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) [2]. Depression and anxiety are the two conditions most frequently reported as psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy [3].