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Educational needs of epileptologists regarding psychiatric comorbidities of the epilepsies: a descriptive quantitative survey Volume 19, numéro 2, June 2017

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Auteurs
Sarah J. Wilson on behalf of the Task Force on Education of the ILAE Commission on Neuropsychiatry 8
1 Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Department of Neuropsychiatry, South West London & St George's Mental Health Trust; Institute of Medical and Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, United Kingdom
2 Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
3 Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry of the Healthcare Department of Moscow, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA
5 Epilepsy and Sleep Center, Department of Neurology, Ewha Womans University Mogdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine and Ewha Medical Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
6 Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
7 Institute of Neurosciences at Favaloro University and Institute of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology (INECO), Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, and Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
* Correspondence: Marco Mula Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom

Aim

Psychiatric disorders are relatively frequent comorbidities in epilepsy and they have an impact on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. This is a report from the Task Force on Education of the ILAE Commission on Neuropsychiatry based on a survey about educational needs of epileptologists regarding management of the psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy.