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Psychopathology in people with epilepsy and intellectual disability

Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust, Bedford MK41 6AT, UK and Centre for Epilepsy, The Maudsley Hospital, London, UK

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Correspondence to:
Professor Frank M C Besag;
FBesag@aol.com

Received 7 May 2003

Accepted for publication 1 July 2003

Keywords: Psychopathology; epilepsy; learning disability

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From the time of the Isle of Wight study¹ it became evident that children with epilepsy who also had other brain problems had a high rate of behavioural disturbance. Although there is a lack of good epidemiological studies of behavioural/psychiatric disorders in adults with epilepsy and learning disability (intellectual disability, mental retardation), it appears that such disorders are common.^2,3 Any serious attempt to determine the factors responsible for these associations is to be welcomed. The paper by Espie et al on p 000⁴ is in this category and the authors are to be congratulated on raising some important issues. Their results reflect, to some extent, the findings of earlier studies on people with learning disability, notably in the papers by Deb and Hunter,^2,3 that neither behavioural nor psychiatric disorders are more common in those with epilepsy. However, Espie et al conclude that some epilepsy specific factors may . . . [Full text of this article]

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