Epilepsia
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Review Comparative Study
Psychiatric outcomes of epilepsy surgery: a systematic review.
The objective of this systematic review was to identify: (1) prevalence and severity of psychiatric conditions before and after resective epilepsy surgery, (2) incidence of postsurgical psychiatric conditions, and (3) predictors of psychiatric status after surgery. ⋯ Overall, studies demonstrated either improvement in psychiatric outcomes postsurgery or no change. However, there is a need for more prospective, well-controlled studies to better delineate the prevalence and severity of psychiatric conditions occurring in the context of epilepsy surgery, and to identify specific predictors of psychiatric outcomes after epilepsy surgery.