Artigas J
Unidad de Neuropediatría, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona.
Rev Neurol. 1999;28(1):43-9.
Cognitive and behavioral disorders are more common among adolescents with epilepsy compared to non-epileptic, healthy adolescents or adolescents with other chronic, nonneurological disorders, but estimates of the scope of this problem vary widely, depending of the samples investigated.
Normal adolescent behavior can be a complication for individuals with epilepsy. The most common psychological symptoms in the adolescent with epilepsy are attention problems and behavior disorders. The behavioral and cognitive events associated with epilepsy are the product of a complex interaction among neurological, psychosocial and medication variables. The most relevant neurological factors are: epileptic brain damage, associated brain lesions, subclinical discharges and long term effects of epileptic activity.
This review is undertaken to summarize the literature on epilepsy in adolescents with respect psychopathological and social problems.
与无癫痫的健康青少年或患有其他慢性非神经疾病的青少年相比,认知和行为障碍在癫痫青少年中更为常见,但这一问题的范围估计差异很大,取决于所调查的样本。
正常青少年行为对癫痫患者可能是一种并发症。癫痫青少年中最常见的心理症状是注意力问题和行为障碍。与癫痫相关的行为和认知事件是神经、心理社会和药物变量之间复杂相互作用的产物。最相关的神经因素是:癫痫性脑损伤、相关脑病变、亚临床放电和癫痫活动的长期影响。
本综述旨在总结有关青少年癫痫患者心理病理和社会问题的文献。