[The clinico-psychological diagnosis of the personality changes in the initial period of epilepsy].

The authors present the approach to clinicopsychological diagnosis of personality disorders in initial epilepsy based on clinical evidence on 200 epileptics versus 40 healthy controls. 10 experimental techniques have been used. The comparative analysis of the findings obtained at initial stage of the disease and at late stages (within 3 vs. 10 and more postdiagnosis years, respectively) against relevant characteristics of the controls demonstrated that personality disorders within the initial 3 years of the disease are either minimal or absent and can be identified only by the methods of psychological diagnosis. The latter is important for design of adequate therapy.