In Small Study, Adults With Epilepsy Identify Treatment For Anxiety, Depression As A Priority

Healio (10/9, Weller) reported, “Adults with epilepsy identified treatment for anxiety and depression as a priority and ranked neurologists’ prescribing of pharmacotherapy and wellness activities as their most preferred options for management,” investigators concluded in a small, “prospective cross-sectional survey that collected data on adult patients with epilepsy as well as anxiety and/or depression (mean age, 42.2; women, 63.5%; white, 76.2%).” The findings of the “single-center study” were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (virtual).

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— “Patients with epilepsy prefer neurologists manage treatment of anxiety, depression “Madison Weller, Healio, October 9, 2020

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