Anxiety disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in patients with epilepsy

Anxiety disorders are widespread among patients with epilepsy. Numerous studies on the effect of emotional and affective disorders on the risk of the formation of suicidal ideation are presented in the modern literature, but all of them focus mainly on depressive disorder. Material and Methods. We examined 102 patients with the diagnosis of epilepsy. The total sample was divided into two groups: group 1 - patients without suicidal ideation (N=73), group 2 - patients with suicidal ideation (N=29). The examination included anamnesis, clinical and neurological examinations, psychometric method using psychometric scales and questionnaires. The following symptoms were used to screen for anxiety symptoms: hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), symptomatic questionnaire SCL-90-R. In order to assess the risk of suicidal ideation, a suicide risk questionnaire was used (modification by T.N. Razuvaeva). Results. Patients with suicidal ideation were characterized by a reliably significant high value of anxiety (9...