Causes of nosogenic mental disorders in patients with epilepsy
Abstract
The aim of the article is to review domestic and international reports on the causes of nosogenic mental disorders in patients with epilepsy. Classification of nosogenic mental disorders according to the type of patient’s reaction to the disease is presented. The main causes of nosogenic mental disorders in epilepsy are identified; those are social maladaptation associated with the diagnosis, stigmatization and self-stigmatization as well as the presence of epileptic seizures.
About the Authors
M. Ya. Kissin
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University;
City Psychiatric Hospital No. 6 (hospital with a dispensary)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Drug Addiction with teaching courses on general and medical psychology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, 6-8 L’va Tolstogo Str., Saint Petersburg 197022;
Head of the St. Petersburg Center for epilepsy, 9A Naberezhnaya Obvodnogo kanala Str., Sankt-Peterburg 191167
E. V. Selyutina
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University;
City Psychiatric Hospital No. 6 (hospital with a dispensary)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD Student at the Department of Psychiatry and Drug Addiction with teaching courses on general and medical psychology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, 6-8 L’va Tolstogo Str., Saint Petersburg 197022;
Psychiatrist at the St. Petersburg Center for epilepsy, 9A Naberezhnaya Obvodnogo kanala Str., Sankt-Peterburg 191167
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Kissin M.Y., Selyutina E.V. Causes of nosogenic mental disorders in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy and paroxysmal conditions. 2019;11(3):293-297. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17749/2077-8333.2019.11.3.293-297
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