Are the self-administered questionnaires appropriate to uncover undiagnosed depression among people with epilepsy?

Epilepsy Res. 2022 Feb:180:106868. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.106868. Epub 2022 Jan 24.

Authors

Anita Słupska¹, Jakub Słupski²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Smoluchowskiego 17 St., 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland. Electronic address: slupskaanita@gumed.edu.pl.
² Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Smoluchowskiego 17 St., 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland. Electronic address: jslupski@gumed.edu.pl.

PMID: 35091329
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.106868

Abstract

Letter to the Editor.

Keywords: BDI-II; Depression; Diagnostic tools; Epilepsy; NDDI-E; Screening tools.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Depression* / diagnosis
Depression* / etiology
Epilepsy* / diagnosis
Humans
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires