[Epilepsy at a psychiatric hospital]. / Epilepsia em um hospital psiquiátrico.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 48(3): 261-9, 1990 Sep.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2264780
Epilepsy was surveyed in the largest psychiatric hospital in the Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. This establishment was designed for one thousand long-term beds but at the time of the survey there were 1126 inpatients. Diagnosis ranged from anxiety neurosis to schizophrenia although patients with epilepsy, with or without psychiatric symptoms were also admitted. The following aspects were analyzed: prevalence of epilepsy, seizure types, antiepileptic drug treatment and psychiatric diagnosis. 171 patients with epilepsy were identified (prevalence 152/1000), generalized tonic clonic attacks were the commonest seizure type and polytherapy was the standard treatment. In at least 85 of the epileptic patients there was no reason for prolonged institutionalization in a psychiatric environment. Moreover, most of the sample were prescribed large amounts of sedative drugs. A multidisciplinary approach and outpatients services are urgently required to improve the prognosis and well-being of patients with epilepsy who are referred to psychiatric care.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Epilepsia
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Hospitais Psiquiátricos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha