Clinical and psychopathological features of drug-resistant epilepsy in adults

Background. Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is a multifactorial phenomenon based on numerous genetic and acquired (previous TBI, brain diseases, infections, circulatory disorders) mechanisms. Treatment-resistant, incurable ordrug-resistant forms of the disease are determined by the types of epilepsy, generalized or focal types of seizures,frequency of epileptic seizures, and the presence of interictal epileptiform discharges according to EEG data. Manyresearchers have shown an association between therapeutic resistance and various types of psychopathological phenomena.