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Comparative survey of comorbidities in people with learning disability with and without epilepsy
- Authors:
- PAWAR Deepak, AKUFFO Emmanuel O.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 32(6), June 2008, pp.224-226.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Seeks to ascertain the prevalence of epilepsy and understand the differences in the comorbidities of non-epileptic and epileptic patients with learning disabilities. A simple comparative survey was undertaken between the two main groups of patients: non-epileptic and epileptic. The prevalence of epilepsy in the study group was 30%. A total of 70% of patients with any type of challenging behaviour were in the non-epileptic group compared with 59% in the epileptic group. Depression was the most common diagnosis in both groups, being slightly more in the non-epileptic group. Our study suggests that there is no association between epilepsy and the prevalence of challenging behaviour of psychiatric conditions within the learning disabilities population.