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Interictal psychiatric morbidity and focus of epilepsy in treatment- refractory patients admitted to an epilepsy unit

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.8.1096

Of 71 consecutive patients admitted to an epilepsy unit of a general hospital, 32 (45%) were classified as having psychiatric disorders by using the General Health Questionnaire. No differences were evident to support a specific relationship between the type or focus of epilepsy and psychopathology.

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