The authors evaluated the psychiatric status of 31 patients who had
temporal lobectomies and 6 patients who received implantation of depth
electrodes for relief of epileptic seizures. Results showed a general
postoperative improvement in overall psychopathology (measured by the Brief
Psychiatric Rating Scale) and in depression in particular; however,
depression tended to recur with the passage of time after lobectomy.
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