“Psychiatric Disorders Comorbid with Epilepsy in A Prison Sample”

Epilepsy is an extremely widespread and serious neurological disease [1]. Psychiatric disorders have been observed in epilepsy patients, decreasing their quality of life and negatively affecting the course of illness [2]. Although comorbidities of psychiatric disorders are prevalent in epilepsy patients, quite often, this coexistence can be overlooked [1,2]. Studies in this field have demonstrated that depression, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia are the most common psychiatric disorders comorbid with epilepsy [3].

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