The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2007 , Vol 49 , Num 4
Psychiatric evaluation of children with CSWS (continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep) and BRE (benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes/rolandic epilepsy) compared to children with absence epilepsy and healthy controls
1Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2Departments of Psychology, Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Taner Y, Erdoğan-Bakar E, Turanlı G, Topçu M. Psychiatric evaluation of children with CSWS (continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep) and BRE (benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes/rolandic epilepsy) compared to children with absence epilepsy and healthy controls. Turk J Pediatr 2007; 49: 397-403.

This investigation examined psychopathology and IQ levels in 30 children with CSWS and 42 children with BRE and compared them with 40 healthy controls and 23 children with absence epilepsy by using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS) and Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children (WISC-R). The CSWS and BRE groups had the highest rate of psychiatric diagnoses and lowest IQ scores. The BRE group had higher rates of psychopathology and lower IQ scores compared to the healthy controls. While BRE and absence groups did not differ with regard to presence of psychopathology, IQ levels and types of psychopathologies, children with CSWS had more psychiatric disorders and lower IQ scores compared to the patient group with absence epilepsy. These findings suggest that CSWS and BRE are two epileptic syndromes that lead to psychiatric disorders and lower IQ scores. Hence, psychiatric consultation should be a part of the treatment while managing these children. Keywords : Psychiatric evaluation, continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep (CSWS), benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes/rolandic epilepsy (BRE)

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