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1 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Social Factors and Psychopathology in Epilepsy N. Cyriac, P.N. Sureshkumar, A.M. Kunhikoyamu, A.S. Girija* Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology* Medical College Calicut, Kerala, India. Summary One hundred and six epilepsy patients were assessed over a period of 6 months for psychiatric morbidity, social support, stressful life events in previous year and disability. 45 patients (42.45%) had a psychiatric diagnosis. Organic depressive disorder headed the list (16.98%) followed by mild cognitive disorder (11.32%) and tobacco dependence (8.49%). There was no significant difference in the mean age, sex, mean education, age at onset of epilepsy, duration of epilepsy, psychiatric diagnosis, mean scores on social support scale, presumptive stressful life event scale and disability assessment schedule between different types of epilepsy. The difference in mean scores of presumptive stressful life events scale and disability assessment schedule between epileptics with and without psychiatric diagnosis was not statistically significant. Key words : Epilepsy, Depression, Cognitive disorder, Social support, Stressful life events. Neurol India, 2002; 50 : Introduction Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder associated with increased prevalence of psychopathology. The vulnerability factors and precipitating factors interact and cause decompensation of the precarious adjustment and result in psychiatric morbidity. Recent advances in the biological area have tried to find the organic basis of psychopathology in epilepsy. 1-4 There has been lack of research into the role of psychosocial factors in predisposing the patients with epilepsy to a variety of psychopathology. 5 The Correspondence to : Dr. A.S. Girija, Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Medical College, Calicut-8, Kerala, India. diagnosis of epilepsy is associated with social problems like stigma, discrimination in employment, difficulty in interpersonal relationships etc. For meaningful comprehensive management of patients with epilepsy, these aspect should also be dealt with. We conducted this study to assess the psychopathology, social support, life events and disability in patients with epilepsy. Material and Methods Study Design : This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Neurology, Medical College, Calicut, over a period of 6 months from July 1999 to December Consecutive adult patients 153

2 Cyriac et al attending neurology clinic with epilepsy (diagnosed according to the ILAE Classification 6 formed the study population. The patients who met ICD 10 research diagnostic criteria 7 for mental retardation and patients unable to comprehend were excluded from the study. After obtaining informed consent, patients were assessed using: i) specially designed proforma for the study to assess socio-demographic data, details of epilepsy and anti-epileptic medication, ii) ICD-10 symptom checklist for mental disorders 8 along with ICD 10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders - diagnostic criteria for research, 7 iii) social support scale 9 (SSS), iv) presumptive stressful life event scale 10 (PSLES) and v) disability assessment schedule 11 (DAS). Statistical Analysis : The results were tabulated with t-test, chi-square, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson product moment correlation, Spearman correlation were used. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) was used for the above. Discussion One hundred and eleven patients with epilepsy were evaluated. Five patients were excluded. Three of them had organic mood disorder (two organic bipolar mood disorder and one organic manic disorder) and were unable to cooperate due to high distractability. Two patients had only pseudo. Of the remaining 106 patients, 55(51.89%) were males and 51(48.11%) were females. The mean age of the sample was ( years) with a range of years. Majority of them were from rural area and were married. Three patients who were separated from their spouse were all females and stated epilepsy as the cause of their divorce. The mean education was upto 7.88 years. The socio-demographic details reflect the distribution in general population (Table I). Types of seen in the group are mentioned in detail in Table II. Patients having different types of did not vary significantly in mean age, sex distribution, mean education, age at onset of epilepsy, mean duration of epilepsy, psychiatric morbidity, social support, stressful life events in the previous year and disability (Table II). Out of 106 patients, 45 (42.45%) had psychiatric disorder. This is higher than the rates observed in earlier studies This could be because the study was conducted in a tertiary care centre using semistructured diagnostic interview. Organic depressive disorder was the commonest psychiatric diagnosis Table I Socio Demographic Data Variable Male Female Total Marital Status Single Married Widow/Widower Separated Occupation Unemployed Employed Education (mean) Years (16.98%). This is at par with the general prevalence of 20-40%. 14,15 Mild cognitive disorder constituted 11.32% followed by tobacco abuse/dependence. None of the patients were abusing alcohol or other psychoactive substances. Three patients had dissociative (conversion) disorder and two had emotionally labile (asthenic) disorder. One case with organic delusional (schizophrenia-like) disorder had CPS evolving to generalized. Patients with psychosis usually do not attend neurology clinic and this could account for the very low prevalence (Table III) in this report. In this study, patients with SPS evolving into generalized and JME had more psychiatric morbidity as compared to others (Table III). This is unlike earlier studies which showed significant association between psychomotor epilepsy (presently CPS) evolving into generalized and psychiatric morbidity, especially psychosis. 3,12,16,17 The difference between patients having psychiatric diagnosis and those who do not have, in the mean scores on stressful life events scale and disability assessment schedule between those with and without psychiatric disorders, was statistically significant (Table IV). The difference in mean score on social support scale was not statistically significant. Herman et al 5 reported significant relationship between psychopathology and stressful life events in the previous year in epileptics. Low social support is linked to psychiatric morbidity, especially depression in general population. 18,19 The results are in keeping with the current biopsychosocial model of psychiatric disorder, with the biological factors (anatomical or functional), precipitated by drugs or social factors, related to this chronic illness

3 155 Table II Data and Scoring in Different Types of Epilepsy Variable GTCS SPS evolving CPS evolving JME CPS ME Test of p value into generalized into generalized significance Seizures Seizures No. of patients (n) Age (yrs.) Mean F = (SD) (9.3) (11.8) (10.5) (10.5) (6.0) - Sex Male X 2 = Female Education (Yrs) Mean F = SD (3.5) (3.3) (3.8) (2.8) (4.7) - Age at onset of Mean F = epilepsy SD (9.8) (12.4) (9.8) (5.4) (4.6) - Duration of Mean F= epilepsy SD (10.4) (8.4) (8.4) (7.8) (6.6) - Psychiatric Yes diagnosis (%) (9.43) (15.09) (10.38) (8.49) (0.94) No X 2 = (%) (20.15) (13.20) (12.26) (6.60) (1.89) (0.94) Score on SSS Mean F = (SD) (5.95) (6.75) (7.16) (7.51) (8.14) - Score on PSLES Mean F = (SD) (116.88) (75.69) (97.98) (70.92) (20.78) - Score on DAS Mean F = (SD) (9.89) (10.58) (12.96) (12.95) (5.77) - GTCS = Generalized tonic clonic, SPS = Simple partial, CPS = Complex partial, JME = Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, ME = Myoclonic epilepsy, SSS = Social support scale, PSLES = Presumptive stressful life event scale, DAS = Disability assessment schedule Social Factors and Psychopathology in Epilepsy

4 Cyriac et al Table III Distribution of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Different Types of Epilepsy Nil Organic Dissociative Tobacco Organic Mild Organic Total psychiatric depressive (conversion) abuse/ emotionally cognitive delusion diagnosis disorder disorder dependence labile disorder (schizophrenia like disorder) no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no (%) Generalized tonic clonic (30.19) SPS evolving into (28.3) generalized CPS evolving into (22.64) generalized seizure Juvenile myoclonic (15.1) epilepsy Complex partial (2.83) Myoclonic epilepsy (0.94) Total (%) (57.98) (16.98) (2.83) (8.49) (1.89) (11.32) (0.94) (100) Table IV Relation of Mean Scores on SSS, PSLES and DAS to Psychiatric Diagnosis Psychiatric Diagnosis No Yes T p Mean SD Mean SD value score SSS PSLES * DAS * * Statistically significant, SSS = Social Support Scale, PSLES = Presumptive Stressful Life Event Scale, DAS = Disability Assessment Schedule References 1. Slater E, Beard AW, Glithero E : The schizophrenia-like psychosis in epilepsy. Br J Psy 1963; 109 : Robertson MM : Depression in patients with epilepsy reconsidered. In : Recent advances in epilepsy. Pedley T (Ed.). Vol.4, Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1988; Blumer D : Epilepsy and disorders of mood. In : Advances in Neurology. Smith D, Treiman D, Trimble M (Eds). Vo. 55 Raven Press. New York. 1991; Sachdev P : The schizophrenia like psychosis and epilepsy - the status of association. Am J Psy 1998; 155 : Herman BP, Whiteman S, Syler AR et al : Psychosocial predictors of psychopathology in epilepsy. Br J Psy 1990; 156 :

5 Social Factors and Psychopathology in Epilepsy 6. Proposal for revised clinical and EEG classification of epileptic : Commission on Classification and Terminology of the ILAE. Epilepsia 1981; 22 : WHO, Geneva, ICD 10. Classification of mental and behavioural disorders : diagnostic criteria for research, WHO, Geneva : ICD 10 symptom checklist for mental disorders, Mehra R, Kulhara P, Varma SK : Socia support scale. Ind J Psychol 1996; 23 : Radhakrishnan J, Joseph, Varghese A : The role of life events in psychiatric disorders. Ind J Psychol Med 1984; 7 : WHO Collaborative Study, Geneva : Disability Assessment Schedule, Pond DA, Bidwell BH : Survey of epilepsy in fourteen general practices II. Social and psychological aspects. Epilepsia 1960; 1 : Edch J, Toone BK : Relationship between intrictal psychopathology and type of epilepsy. Br Jpsy 1987; 151 : Fiordelli, Beghi E, Bogliun G et al : Epilepsy and psychiatric disturbance. Br J Psy 1993; 163 : Blumer D, Montouris G, Hesmann B : Psychiatric morbidity in seizure patients in a neurodiagnostic monitoring unit. J Neuropsych Cin Neuros 1995; 7 : Mendez MF, Doss RC, Taylor JL et al : Depression in relationship to and anticonvulsant therapy. J Nerv Ment Dis 1993; 181 : Mendez MF, Gran R, Dass RC et al : Schizophrenia in epilepsy : Seizure and psychosis variables. Neurology 1993; 43 : Broadhead WE, Kaplan BH, Sherman SA et al : The epidemiological evidence for a relationship between social support and health. Am J Epidem 1983; 117 : Kulhara P, Chopra R : Social support, social dysfunction and stressful life events in neurotic patients. Ind J Psy 1996; 38 : Accepted for publication : 20th March,

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