CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES IN PATIENTS WITH OUTPATIENT EPILEPSY

Background: Seizures are a common chronic condition caused by damage to the brain. The essence of epilepsy is the sudden and excessive discharge of nerve cells. Emotional disorders are very common in epilepsy patients, not only severely reducing the patient’s quality of life, but also creating the risk of death by suicide. Understanding this disorder in patients with epilepsy aims to better recognize, diagnose, and treat patients. Objective: Describe the clinical characteristics of emotional disorders in patients with outpatient epilepsy. Participants: 80 epilepsy patients diagnosed with emotional disturbances according to the standards of the 10th International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Method: Research is the clinical description. Research period from March 2020 to the end of October 2020, research was conducted at Mai Huong Daytime Psychiatric Hospital. Result: In the 80 study patients, the average age of the group was 39 ± 15,012. male 56.2%, female 43.8%. Generalized local epilepsy 48.1%, general epilepsy 25.3%, local epilepsy 13.9% and complex epilepsy 12.7%. Mood disturbances (mood swings, bursts, irritability) 43.8%, depression 25%, anxiety 12.5%. Symptoms of depression, mood and depression 26.2%, loss of interest and interest 22.5%, reduced energy easily tired 20%, sleep disturbance 50%, decreased attention focus 43.8%. The symptoms of anxiety, stress and fatigue 41.2%, irritability 38.8%. Persistent or irritable mood 21.2%, Emotional burst of 16.2%. Conclusion: The most common emotional disturbances in epilepsy patients are mood disorders that are persistent, irritable, and emotional. Depression is mainly mood and low interest loss, sleep disturbances and decreased attention focus. Anxiety is mainly stress, irritability.