Clinical correlates of schizotypy in patients with epilepsy

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008 Fall;20(4):441-6. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2008.20.4.441.

Abstract

Clinical correlates of schizotypy were evaluated in 89 adult consecutive outpatients with epilepsy, using the Beck Depression Inventory, the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Age at onset of the epilepsy significantly correlated with the constricted affect subscale of the SPQ, while a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy correlated with the total SPQ score, the cognitive-perceptual factor of the SPQ, and the suspiciousness subscale of the SPQ. Schizotypal symptoms correlated with early onset of the seizures and a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy, further confirming an association between psychoses and epilepsy.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / complications*
  • Epilepsy / psychology*
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / complications
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Schizotypal Personality Disorder / complications*
  • Schizotypal Personality Disorder / psychology*
  • Young Adult