[Importance of personality disorders in epilepsy]

Ideggyogy Sz. 2023 Sep 30;76(9-10):297-307. doi: 10.18071/isz.76.0297.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

<p>Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. Therapeutic success shows high variability between patients, at least 20-30% of the cases are drug-resistant. It can highly affect the social status, interpersonal relationships, mental health and the overall quality of life of those affected.<br>Although several studies can be found on the psychiatric diseases associated with epilepsy, only a few researches focus on the occurrence of personality disorders accompanying the latter. The aim of this review is to help clinicians to recognize the signs of personality disorders and to investigate their connection and interaction with epilepsy in the light of current experiences.<br>The researches reviewed in this study confirm that personality disorders and pathological personality traits are common in certain types of epilepsy and they affect many areas of patients&rsquo; lives. These studies draw attention to the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to this neurological disorder and to provide suggestions about the available help options. Considering the high frequency of epilepsy-related pathological personality traits that can have a great impact on the therapeutic cooperation and on the patients&rsquo; quality of life, it important that the neurologist recognizes early the signs of the patient&rsquo;s psychological impairment. Thus they can get involved in organizing the support of both the patient and their environment by including psychiatrists, psychologists, social and self-help associations.<br>As interdisciplinary studies show, epilepsy is a complex disease and besides trying to treat the seizures, it is also important to manage the patient&rsquo;s psychological and social situation. Cooperation, treatment response and quality of life altogether can be significantly improved if our focus is on guiding the patient through the possibilities of assistance by seeing the complexity and the difficulties of their situation.</p>.

<p>Az epilepszia az egyik leggyakoribb neurol&oacute;giai betegs&eacute;g. A gy&oacute;gyszeres kezel&eacute;s eredm&eacute;nyess&eacute;ge egy&eacute;nenk&eacute;nt v&aacute;ltoz&oacute;, becsl&eacute;sek szerint a betegek legal&aacute;bb 20-30%-a ter&aacute;piarezisztens. A k&oacute;rk&eacute;p legt&ouml;bbsz&ouml;r negatívan befoly&aacute;solja az egy&eacute;n t&aacute;rsadalmi helyzet&eacute;t, interperszon&aacute;lis kapcsolatait, ment&aacute;lis &aacute;llapot&aacute;t, &eacute;letminős&eacute;g&eacute;t.<br>A pszichi&aacute;triai k&oacute;rk&eacute;pekkel ellent&eacute;tben az epilepszi&aacute;hoz t&aacute;rsul&oacute; szem&eacute;lyis&eacute;gzavarokr&oacute;l kev&eacute;s a szakirodalomban fellelhető adat. Jelen &ouml;sszefoglal&oacute; c&eacute;lja, hogy a szem&eacute;lyis&eacute;gzavarok felismer&eacute;s&eacute;hez szolg&aacute;ltasson inform&aacute;ci&oacute;t, &eacute;s ezeknek az epilepszi&aacute;val val&oacute; &ouml;sszef&uuml;gg&eacute;s&eacute;t, k&ouml;lcs&ouml;nhat&aacute;s&aacute;t vizsg&aacute;lja a rendelkez&eacute;sre &aacute;ll&oacute; tapasztalatok t&uuml;kr&eacute;ben.&nbsp;<br>A tanulm&aacute;nyban &aacute;ttekintett kutat&aacute;sok megerősítik, hogy az epilepszia bizonyos típusaiban fenn&aacute;ll&oacute; szem&eacute;lyis&eacute;gzavarok &eacute;s patol&oacute;gi&aacute;s jellemvon&aacute;sok gyakoriak, &eacute;s hat&aacute;ssal vannak a betegek &eacute;let&eacute;nek sz&aacute;mos ter&uuml;let&eacute;re. Felhívj&aacute;k a figyelmet a k&oacute;rk&eacute;p multidiszciplin&aacute;ris megk&ouml;zelít&eacute;s&eacute;nek fontoss&aacute;g&aacute;ra, &eacute;s t&aacute;mpontot adnak a rendelkez&eacute;sre &aacute;ll&oacute; segíts&eacute;gny&uacute;jt&aacute;si lehetős&eacute;gekről. Az epilepszi&aacute;val gyakran egy&uuml;tt jelentkező k&oacute;ros szem&eacute;lyis&eacute;gvon&aacute;sok nagym&eacute;rt&eacute;kben befoly&aacute;solhatj&aacute;k a beteg &eacute;s orvos k&ouml;z&ouml;tti egy&uuml;ttműk&ouml;d&eacute;s hat&eacute;konys&aacute;g&aacute;t &eacute;s a p&aacute;ciensek &eacute;letminős&eacute;g&eacute;t, ez&eacute;rt fontosnak tartjuk, hogy a neurol&oacute;gus szakorvos időben felismerje a beteg pszich&eacute;s &eacute;rintetts&eacute;g&eacute;re utal&oacute; &aacute;rulkod&oacute; jeleket, &eacute;s pszichi&aacute;ter, pszichol&oacute;gus, szoci&aacute;lis &eacute;s &ouml;nsegítő egyes&uuml;letek bevon&aacute;s&aacute;val szervezze meg &uacute;gy a beteg, mint k&ouml;rnyezete t&aacute;mogat&aacute;s&aacute;t.&nbsp;<br>Ahogy az interdiszciplin&aacute;ris tanulm&aacute;nyok r&aacute;mutatnak, az epilepszia komplex betegs&eacute;g, a rohamok s&uacute;lyoss&aacute;g&aacute;nak enyhít&eacute;s&eacute;re val&oacute; t&ouml;reked&eacute;s mellett fontos a beteg pszich&eacute;s &eacute;s szoci&aacute;lis helyzet&eacute;nek rendez&eacute;se is. Az egy&uuml;ttműk&ouml;d&eacute;s, a kezel&eacute;sre adott v&aacute;lasz, nem utols&oacute;sorban pedig az &eacute;letminős&eacute;g jelentősen javíthat&oacute;, ha a p&aacute;cienst &ouml;sszetett emberk&eacute;nt, helyzete minden neh&eacute;zs&eacute;g&eacute;nek figyelembev&eacute;tel&eacute;vel igyeksz&uuml;nk vezetni a segíts&eacute;gny&uacute;jt&aacute;s lehetős&eacute;gei k&ouml;z&ouml;tt.</p>.

Keywords: comorbidity; epilepsy; neuropsychiatry; personality disorders; quality of life.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Epilepsy* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders* / diagnosis
  • Mental Health
  • Personality Disorders / complications
  • Quality of Life
  • Seizures / diagnosis