Editorial: Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with epilepsy: diagnosis and treatment

ODDO, SILVIA; SARUDIANSKY, MERCEDES; MYERS, LORNA; D'ALESSIO, LUCIANA

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frontiers

Año: 2023 vol. 14 p. 1 - 3

The scientific field is increasingly recognizing the importance of psychological and psychiatric health in persons with epilepsy. Recent definitions of epilepsy from the ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy), include behavioral comorbidities and conceptualize epilepsy as a disorder of the brain, characterized not only by epileptic seizures but also cognitive and neurobiological factors. Furthermore, in 2017 the ILAE suggested that in the earliest diagnostic stages, emotional disorders should be considered, allowing treatment of epilepsy and comorbidities to be initiated in the most timely manner.