Margrove, Kerrie L., Thapar, Ajay Kumar  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-8833, Mensah, Seth and Kerr, Michael Patrick
2011.
Help-seeking and treatment preferences for depression in epilepsy.
Epilepsy & Behavior
22
(4)
, pp. 740-744.
10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.08.042
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Abstract
Depression among people with a diagnosis of epilepsy is common, underrecognized, and undertreated, yet the reasons for this are unclear. In this study people with a diagnosis of epilepsy recruited from primary care were mailed a questionnaire covering help seeking for psychological distress, treatment preferences for depression, and current symptoms of depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ2). Eighty-six people with epilepsy responded to the survey and 44% of the sample reported they would not seek help if they were feeling stressed, worried, or low and it was affecting their daily lives. Almost 40% of the participants screened positive for current depression and PHQ2 scores were statistically unchanged over an average of 8.6 months. The most popular treatment for depression was advice from a general practitioner or from family and friends. The majority of respondents felt speed of treatment should take priority over receiving preferred treatment for depression care.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Research Institutes & Centres > MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Schools > Medicine |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Epilepsy; Depression; Primary care; Patient Health Questionnaire-2; Mental health |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1525-5050 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 09:45 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25679 |
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