E-ISSN : 2733-4538
This study was to not only examine the cognitive performances and psychiatric morbidity of patients with epilepsy but also compare pre-post performances after adequate antiepileptic treatment. 13 epileptic subjects without persistent antiepileptic treatment before whose extent of seizure control was poor were selected. First KWIS, Wechsler Memory Scale, BGT, MMPI were administered and followed by retest session 10 weeks later with vigabatrin treatment. The results was following. In cognitive performences KWIS and BGT copy score were not significant. But post score on the BGT recall, Wechsler MQ, and logical memory of Wechsler Memory subscale were significantly higher than prescore. In psychiatric symptoms MMPI showed a 2-3-1-7-8 profile which suggested the depression or depression with anxiety. They also showed a significantly decreased score on D, Pt, Pa & Sc scale after antiepileptic treatment.