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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Dissociative experiences are under-researched in epilepsy patients.
  • Understanding dissociation in epilepsy is crucial for comprehensive patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of dissociative experiences in epilepsy patients.
  • To compare dissociative experiences between epilepsy patients and healthy controls.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) to assess dissociation.
  • Administered sociodemographic questionnaires, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).
  • Enrolled 98 epilepsy patients and 60 healthy controls.

Main Results:

  • Epilepsy patients exhibited significantly higher DES scores than controls.
  • Pathological dissociation (DES ≥ 30) was more prevalent in the epilepsy group (28 vs. 8).
  • Higher dissociation levels correlated with increased seizure frequency, not epilepsy duration or age at onset.

Conclusions:

  • Epilepsy patients are more susceptible to dissociative experiences than the general population.
  • Findings suggest epilepsy-related factors may contribute to the high rate of dissociation.
  • Further research into the underlying mechanisms is warranted.