Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:844-847
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric test assessment of patients with psychomotor epilepsy
EA Serafetinides and DG Cherlow
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.
