Journal article
Epilepsy Care and Mental Health Care for People with Epilepsy: California Health Interview Survey, 2005
Preventing chronic disease, Vol.9(2), pp.E60-E60
02/2012
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110140
PMCID: PMC3362405
PMID: 22360871
Abstract
ntroduction: Epilepsy, which requires complex care, can be further complicated by comorbid mental illness. Evidence indicates deficiencies exist in the care received for both epilepsy-related care and for mental health care in people with epilepsy. Evidence indicates there are deficiencies in both these areas for people with epilepsy. Our objective was to evaluate treatment gaps in epilepsy and mental health care among California adults with epilepsy and to compare the mental health services and treatment received by people with epilepsy to that of the general population.
Methods: We conducted multivariate analyses of data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (N = 43,020), which included data from 604 adult participants who said they had been told they had epilepsy, to examine comparisons of interest.
Results: Twenty-seven percent of California adults with epilepsy who had had at least 1 seizure in the past 3 months had not seen a neurologist or epilepsy specialist in the past year. Of respondents with psychological distress and epilepsy, 84% perceived a need for mental health care in the past year, but only 57% had seen a mental health provider during that time. Of respondents without epilepsy but with psychological distress, 77% perceived a need for mental health care in the past year, but only 32% had seen a mental health provider during that time.
Conclusion: California adults with epilepsy appear to have substantial unmet needs in both epilepsy care and mental health care. Adults with epilepsy and psychological distress appeared to have received more mental health treatment than psychologically distressed adults without epilepsy. Efforts should be made to improve access to quality epilepsy care that includes assessment and treatment of mental health disorders.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Epilepsy Care and Mental Health Care for People with Epilepsy: California Health Interview Survey, 2005
- Creators
- Alexander W Thompson - Behavioral Health Services, Group Health Cooperative. Through the course of this work, Dr Thompson has been affiliated with the University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle, Washington, and Texas A&M College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Temple, TexasRosemarie Kobau - Division of Adult and Community Health, Epilepsy Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaRoyce Park - University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, CaliforniaDavid Grant - University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Preventing chronic disease, Vol.9(2), pp.E60-E60
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- DOI
- 10.5888/pcd9.110140
- PMID
- 22360871
- PMCID
- PMC3362405
- ISSN
- 1545-1151
- eISSN
- 1545-1151
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2012
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003436802771
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