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  • Psychiatry
  • Criminology

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  • Epilepsy is a widespread neurological disorder with frequent psychiatric comorbidities.
  • Mental health issues are more prevalent in the prison population than in the general population.
  • The coexistence of epilepsy and psychiatric disorders in prisoners is often overlooked.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in prisoners diagnosed with epilepsy.
  • To identify specific psychiatric disorders frequently accompanying epilepsy in a correctional setting.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of demographic data and psychiatric comorbidities.
  • Study included 200 prisoners diagnosed with epilepsy between January 2013 and January 2014.
  • Data collected from Ankara Penal Institution Campus State Hospital.

Main Results:

  • 40.5% of epilepsy patients in prison had a comorbid psychiatric disorder.
  • The most common comorbidities were depression (18.5%), anxiety (11%), and personality disorders (11%).
  • Males constituted 90.5% of the study population with a mean age of 32.6 years.

Conclusions:

  • Depression and anxiety are common psychiatric comorbidities in prisoners with epilepsy, similar to the general epilepsy population.
  • Personality disorders, substance dependence, and bipolar affective disorders are more common in prisoners with epilepsy compared to the general population.
  • Screening for psychiatric symptoms and comorbidities is essential for epilepsy patients, particularly within correctional facilities.