Psychiatric morbidity in Nigerian adolescents with epilepsy

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-158

  Adewuya, Abiodun O ^a,c   Ola, Bola A ^a   Okeniyi, John A O ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c Wesley Guild Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Childhood; Cross cultural; Depression; Disruptive disorders; Epilepsy; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DYSTHYMIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

EID: 33751028986     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557267     Document Type: Article

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